National Center for the Rights of the Child security incident history
Hacking, data breaches and other security incidents involving National Center for the Rights of the Child, with related coverage.
Lost storage media at child rights agency leaks 1.17 million personal records
1.2mImpact: More than 1.17 million records of personal information on adoptees and missing children
The National Center for the Rights of the Child lost storage media, including CDs and external hard drives containing personal information of adoptees and missing children, leaking more than 1.17 million records. An external hard drive holding the results of a project to digitise missing-child information was lost and then re-obtained from a contractor in 2024, and it was also found that the contractor had held the personal data for more than four years after the project ended. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) released its findings on poor storage media management and other failings and imposed fines and penalties totalling 885.2 million won.
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