Daejeon Sun Hospital website hack leaks member personal data
Younghoon Medical Foundation became aware on June 19, 2024, after being notified by police, that the Daejeon Sun Hospital website had been hacked. Members' names, dates of birth, user IDs, passwords, email addresses and phone numbers were leaked, and the specific scale of the damage was not disclosed. The hospital advised members to change their passwords.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Daejeon Sun Hospital
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2024-06-19
- Scale of damage
- Members' names, dates of birth, user IDs, passwords, email addresses and phone numbers
- Cause / method
- Website hack
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNamePhone numberEmailDate of birthUsernamePassword
- Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
- 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
- Younghoon Medical Foundation became aware of the Daejeon Sun Hospital website hack after being notified by police.
- The leak of personal information from the website hack and the advice to change passwords were reported.
- The leaked data, including members' names and passwords, was reported, while the specific scale of the damage was not disclosed.
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