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Personal and start-up data of 5,000 successful Modu-ui Changeop applicants leaked

First reported · Last reported · 23 related reports

In June, the personal information of all 5,000 successful applicants on the Modu-ui Changeop (Startup for All) platform was leaked. An investigation confirmed that email addresses, assessment comments and summaries of start-up ideas were within the scope of the leak, and it also emerged that non-public information contained in the API had been collected along with encryption keys. Han Seong-sook apologised and pledged measures to protect ideas, and the personal information collection policy was overhauled to a step-by-step collection method. Police opened a preliminary investigation and then raided four locations, including an AI solutions company.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Being confirmed
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Email addresses, assessment comments and start-up idea summaries of 5,000 successful applicants
Cause / method
Abnormal access to the backend API using AI tools and collection of non-public information
Location
South Korea

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Exposed dataEmail

  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 ↗

Timeline

  1. The government began looking into a suspected personal data leak at Modu-ui Changeop.
  2. It came to light that the personal information and business ideas of all 5,000 successful applicants had been leaked.
  3. Han Seong-sook apologised and pledged measures to protect ideas, and abnormal access to the backend API via AI tools was identified as the cause of the leak.
  4. The personal information policy was completely overhauled to a step-by-step collection method.
  5. Police raided four locations, including an AI solutions company, in connection with the personal data leak.
  6. The leak of email addresses, assessment comments and start-up idea summaries was confirmed, and it was announced that 39 South Korean IP addresses had attempted to access non-public information.

23 related reports

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