Online access to court rulings suspended after partial personal data leak
Some personal data, including names, addresses and resident registration numbers, was leaked from court rulings. Online access to court rulings was suspended.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Judiciary of Korea
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Partial leak of names, addresses and resident registration numbers in court rulings
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNameAddressNational ID number
- 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.
- 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 ↗
- 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
- Online access to court rulings was suspended after a partial leak of personal data contained in them.
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