Personal data of global football figures including Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in leaked
Personal data of people in world football, including Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in, was leaked on a large scale. Concerns were raised about misuse of the leaked data, with the FIFA president and Ronaldo also mentioned as being at risk.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal data of global football figures including Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- 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 Son Heung-min's and Lee Kang-in's personal data and the risk of its misuse came to light.
- It emerged that the personal data leak was a large-scale incident spanning people in football worldwide.
2 related reports
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