Korea Venture Capital Association email misdelivery leaks personal data
The Korea Venture Capital Association mistakenly attached an Excel file containing personal information to a security check notice email sent to 186 employees of member firms. The file included names, dates of birth and contact details, and for some individuals, educational and career backgrounds. The association asked recipients to delete the file and not to forward it.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Korea Venture Capital Association
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- An Excel file containing personal information was mistakenly attached to a security check notice email
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNameDate of birthPhone 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
- It emerged that the Korea Venture Capital Association mistakenly sent a personal information file to 186 employees of member firms and asked them to delete it and not forward it.
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