Contractor hack leaks resident registration numbers of about 700 former Incheon employees
The resident registration numbers of about 700 former Incheon city employees, which a private outsourced development company had kept without authorisation, were leaked in a hack. Incheon conducted a full review of its internal and contractor management systems in connection with the personal data hack at the external developer.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Incheon Metropolitan City
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Resident registration numbers of about 700 former employees
- Cause / method
- Hack of an outsourced development company that kept personal data without authorisation
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNational ID number
- 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 ↗
- 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 ↗
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Timeline
- The leak of resident registration numbers of about 700 former Incheon city employees, kept without authorisation by a private company, came to light.
- Incheon conducted a full review of its internal and contractor personal data management systems.
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