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Data breach

Court ruling anonymisation error leaks personal data

First reported · Last reported · 3 related reports

An error in the anonymisation of court rulings leaked personal data, including some resident registration numbers. The courts belatedly discovered the leak and urgently deleted the data, and the Supreme Court apologised.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Supreme Court of Korea
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Personal data in court rulings, including some resident registration numbers
Cause / method
Error in the anonymisation of court rulings
Location
South Korea

If your data was exposed

Exposed dataNational ID number

  1. Block new mobile phone activations in your name, and register with the Financial Supervisory Service as a person whose personal data was exposed to strengthen identity checks on financial transactions in your name. If a copy of your ID was leaked, consider having it reissued.Identity theft prevention service (M-Safer) ↗Personal data exposure accident prevention system ↗
  2. 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

  1. It emerged that an error in the anonymisation of court rulings had leaked personal data, including some resident registration numbers.
  2. The courts urgently deleted the personal data and the Supreme Court apologised.

3 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.