Over 80,000 taxpayer records leaked from tax offices during 2025 impeachment crisis
More than 80,000 taxpayer records were leaked from tax offices during the 2025 impeachment crisis. The compromised data was taxpayer-related information; the specific categories and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- More than 80,000 taxpayer records
- 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
- It came to light that more than 80,000 taxpayer records had been leaked from tax offices during the 2025 impeachment crisis.
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