Suspected leak of Korea Communications Standards Commission complainants' personal information
Allegations were raised that the personal information of complainants to the Korea Communications Standards Commission had been leaked. Police raided the Korea Communications Standards Commission in January 2024 and raided a related portal in October.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- 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 organization’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 Center ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- The Korea Communications Standards Commission was raided over allegations of a leak of complainants' personal information.
- Police raided a portal over allegations of a leak of complainants' personal information.
2 related reports
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