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Jang Dong-ju claims billions of won in losses from phone hacking and blackmail

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Actor Jang Dong-ju said he suffered losses of billions of won due to mobile phone hacking and blackmail. He sold his home to pay off debts and announced his retirement from acting on 15 May. On 17 May, he reversed his retirement, said he had repaid more than 3 billion won in debt, and said the blackmail was continuing.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Being confirmed
Incident type
Hacking & intrusion
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Claimed losses of billions of won
Cause / method
Mobile phone hacking and blackmail
Location
South Korea

Timeline

  1. Jang Dong-ju revealed hacking losses and debts amounting to billions of won, then announced his retirement from acting.
  2. Jang Dong-ju reversed his retirement and revealed that he had repaid more than 3 billion won in debt and that the blackmail was continuing.
  3. It was reported that Jang Dong-ju posted a self-harm video while speaking out about the hacking and blackmail.

19 related reports

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