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TVING hack leaks information on 39.54 million member accounts

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TVING was hacked, and members' personal information such as phone numbers and dates of birth was leaked. A government investigation found 39.54 million leaked accounts, of which 22.06 million were active, and pointed to poor access key management. TVING urged users to change their passwords and apologised, and pursued increased information security investment, compensation and a more advanced security system.

Key facts

Affected organisation
TVING
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Information on 39.54 million accounts leaked, of which 22.06 million were active accounts
Cause / method
External hack and poor access key management
Location
South Korea

If your data was exposed

View TVING notice ↗

Exposed dataPhone numberDate of birth

  1. 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.
  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 ↗

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Timeline

  1. The leak of TVING members' personal information emerged, and the company urged users to change their passwords.
  2. The Personal Information Protection Commission launched an investigation into the TVING data leak.
  3. The government confirmed 39.54 million leaked accounts and poor access key management, and TVING apologised and pledged to quadruple its information security investment.
  4. As a follow-up to the data leak, TVING worked with Amazon Web Services to upgrade its security system.
  5. CJ Group said it is considering supporting TVING's compensation plan for victims.
  6. Only 14% of those eligible applied for compensation, and complaints were raised about the complicated authentication procedure.

427 related reports

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