Seoul impact of 1365 Volunteer Portal data breach remains unknown
A personal information breach occurred at the 1365 Volunteer Portal in May 2026. An administrative audit in November highlighted that the scale of the impact in Seoul had not been established. It also emerged that 114 of the 191 administrator accounts for the Seoul Metropolitan Government and district volunteer centres had permission to download personal information, prompting calls to improve the management of personal information and security documents.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-05
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- 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 ↗
Timeline
- An administrative audit highlighted that the scale of the impact in Seoul from the personal information breach at the 1365 Volunteer Portal in May had not been established, and raised concerns about administrator accounts’ permissions to download personal information.
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