Korea Post suspends employee over personal data leak
Korea Post suspended an employee who leaked personal information from duty. It also set out measures to prevent a recurrence, including narrowing lookup permissions.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Korea Post
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Employee's leak of personal information
- 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
- Korea Post announced the suspension of the employee who leaked personal information and preventive measures including narrowed lookup permissions.
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