Personal data of over 17,000 Bucheon Wonjong 1-dong residents leaked
Residence-registration-related personal data of more than 17,000 residents of Wonjong 1-dong, Bucheon, was leaked. The leak came to light on 20 September.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Wonjong 1-dong, Bucheon
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Residence-registration-related personal data of more than 17,000 residents
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- 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 leak of personal data of more than 17,000 Wonjong 1-dong, Bucheon residents came to light.
- The leaked data was reported to be residence-registration-related personal data.
2 related reports
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