KLID Webmail Breach Leads to Personal Data Leak
The webmail of the Korea Local Information Research & Development Institute was compromised, leaking personal data. People were urged to watch out for secondary harm resulting from the leak.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Korea Local Information Research & Development Institute (KLID)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Webmail breach
- 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 ↗
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Timeline
- The webmail breach at the Korea Local Information Research & Development Institute and the resulting personal data leak became known.
- Caution about secondary harm from the personal data leak was raised.
2 related reports
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