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Fake payment pages on online shops steal more than 5,700 card records

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More than 5,700 card records were stolen through fake payment windows inserted into some South Korean online shopping sites. The attackers induced users to enter not only card numbers, expiry dates and CVCs but also their full card PINs and resident registration numbers. The Financial Supervisory Service issued an alert about card data theft at online shopping sites.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Being confirmed
Incident type
Phishing & smishing
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
More than 5,700 card records
Cause / method
Fake payment windows inserted into online shopping sites to induce entry of card data and other information
Location
South Korea

If your data was exposed

Exposed dataNational ID numberCard detailsPassword

  1. Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
  2. Turn on payment alerts in your card issuer’s app, and if you see a charge you don’t recognise, ask the issuer to block and reissue the card.
  3. Block new mobile phone activations in your name, and register with the Financial Supervisory Service as a person whose personal data was exposed to strengthen identity checks on financial transactions in your name. If a copy of your ID was leaked, consider having it reissued.Identity theft prevention service (M-Safer) ↗Personal data exposure accident prevention system ↗
  4. 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 Financial Supervisory Service issued an alert about card data theft through fake payment windows on online shopping sites.

1 related reports

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