Korea Foundation email systems hacked amid signs of further data leaks
The Korea Foundation’s bulk email system suffered an external attack exploiting a vulnerability on 29 July, and the foundation confirmed the breach on 19 October. On 4 November, indications of further personal data leaks were also identified in its regular email system and elsewhere. The foundation is working with the relevant authorities to establish which data was actually leaked and the extent of the leak, including email addresses, names, affiliations, telephone numbers and addresses.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Korea Foundation
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-07-29
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- An external attack exploiting a vulnerability in the bulk email system
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataEmailNamePhone numberAddress
- 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
- An external attack exploited a vulnerability in the bulk email system.
- The foundation confirmed the breach.
- Indications of further personal data leaks were also identified in the regular email system and elsewhere.
- The foundation issued a notice about indications of personal data leaks and worked with the relevant authorities to investigate the actual extent of the leaks and the circumstances of the breach.
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