IITP's Personal Data Access Log Management System Hacked
The personal data access log management system at the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation was hacked in July 2026. The incident came seven months after a previous hack, and work was carried out to determine whether researchers' personal data had been leaked.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP)
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Hack of the personal data access log management system
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- The hack of the personal data access log management system in July and the effort to determine whether researchers' personal data was leaked were disclosed.
- The incident was reported as a repeat hack occurring seven months after the previous one.
- The repeat-hack problem and the institute's downgraded evaluation grade were disclosed together.
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Other incidents at Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP)
IITP leaks personal data during security work
Impact: Personal information of users of five systems
During security reinforcement work at the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation, a firewall misconfiguration opened an external port and personal information was leaked. Damage to users of five systems, including researcher information, was confirmed. Ryu Je-myung, Second Vice Minister of Science and ICT, apologised for the successive leaks and said measures to prevent recurrence would be sought.
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