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Private videos from South Korean shops and medical facilities spread on Chinese site

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Private videos filmed at places in South Korea such as waxing salons and obstetrics and gynecology clinics were spread on a Chinese website. Of about 800 videos on the site, about 500 were in a Korean category, and police investigated whether IP cameras had been hacked and the exact scale of the damage. The Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) issued correction requests and blocked access to 260 related videos, and the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) began preparing institutional countermeasures.

Key facts

Affected organization
Being confirmed
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
About 500 videos in a Korean category on a Chinese site; exact scale of damage under investigation
Cause / method
Suspected hacking of IP cameras
Location
South Korea

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Timeline

  1. It came to light that private videos from South Korea had been exposed on a Chinese pornographic website.
  2. A mass leak of videos from waxing salons and obstetrics and gynecology clinics in South Korea came to light.
  3. Police said they had opened a preliminary investigation into whether IP cameras had been hacked and the exact scale of the damage.
  4. The Korea Communications Standards Commission issued correction requests and blocked access to 260 related leaked videos.
  5. The Personal Information Protection Commission began preparing institutional countermeasures.

10 related reports

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