Thinking Bull Exam Booking Site Hacked, Personal Data Possibly Leaked
A hacker broke into the admission and transfer exam booking site of the maths academy Thinking Bull, and a possible leak of student and parent information was confirmed. The data involved includes student names, schools, dates of birth and parents' contact details, and the exact scale of the leak has not been disclosed. The academy temporarily shut down the site and asked the police to investigate.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Thinking Bull
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible leak of student names, schools, dates of birth, parents' contact details and more
- Cause / method
- Hacker intrusion into the admission and transfer exam booking site
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNamePhone numberDate of birth
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Timeline
- The hacking of the exam booking site and the possible leak of personal data were disclosed, and the academy temporarily shut down the site and asked the police to investigate.
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