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KakaoPay Provided Data of 40.45 Million Users to Alipay

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KakaoPay was cited by the Financial Supervisory Service for providing the personal credit information of 40.45 million users to China's Alipay without consent. The transferred data included account identifiers, contact details, sign-up information and transaction histories, while KakaoPay countered that it was a lawful outsourcing of business operations. A request for materials from the Personal Information Protection Commission and a police investigation followed, and a court ruled that a fine of about 6 billion won was justified.

Key facts

Affected organization
KakaoPay
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Personal credit information of 40.45 million users
Cause / method
Provision of personal credit information to Alipay without user consent
Location
South Korea

If your data was exposed

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  1. Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

  1. The Personal Information Protection Commission decided to request materials from KakaoPay regarding allegations that it provided customer data to Alipay.
  2. The Financial Supervisory Service said the personal credit information of 40.45 million users had been provided without consent, while KakaoPay countered that it was lawful outsourcing of business operations.
  3. Police launched an investigation into allegations that KakaoPay leaked personal data to China.
  4. A court ruled that the fine of about 6 billion won imposed on KakaoPay was justified.
  5. Police raided KakaoPay in connection with the personal data leak case.

38 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organization’s official statements for accurate details.