Baemin outsourced agent leaks customer data, prompting inspection
An outsourced customer service agent for Baedal Minjok (Baemin) leaked customer data. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) responded by launching an inspection of customer service centres.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Woowa Brothers
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Customer data
- Cause / method
- Customer data leaked by outsourced customer service agent
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Centre ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- The leak of customer data by an outsourced Baedal Minjok agent and the PIPC's inspection of customer service centres came to light.
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