Researchers' personal data leaked from national R&D agency managing 1.9 trillion won
A national R&D agency managing 1.9 trillion won was hacked, and researchers' personal data was leaked. The name of the affected agency, the number of people affected and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Leak of researchers' personal data
- Cause / method
- Hacking
- 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 emerged that researchers' personal data had been leaked in a hack of a national R&D agency managing 1.9 trillion won.
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