NHIS leaks phone number in arrears reminder text
On August 30, 2024, while urging payment of overdue health insurance premiums, the National Health Insurance Service mistakenly sent a text message containing one defaulter's mobile phone number to 16 unrelated defaulters. The victim demanded 16 million won in compensation from the agency.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- National Health Insurance Service (NHIS)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2024-08-30
- Scale of damage
- Mobile phone number of 1 defaulter leaked to 16 unrelated defaulters
- Cause / method
- Payment reminder text containing a defaulter's mobile phone number sent in error
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataPhone number
- 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 National Health Insurance Service mistakenly sent a text message containing one defaulter's mobile phone number to 16 unrelated defaulters.
- It emerged that the victim of the personal data leak had demanded 16 million won in compensation from the agency.
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