Possible leak of 1,903 personal data records concerning Hanwha Engine employees and others
SpilloverSpillover from the Hanwha Systems incident · View original incident →Signs of access by an unauthorized external IP address were found on a server managed by Hanwha Systems ICT. In the process, 1,903 personal data records concerning Hanwha Engine employees and partner company staff may have been leaked.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Hanwha Engine
- Original incident
- Hanwha Systems ICT Unit Breach Leaks Employee Personal Data
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible leak of 1,903 personal data records concerning employees and partner company staff
- Cause / method
- Access to the server by an unauthorized external IP address
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
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- 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 1,903 personal data records concerning Hanwha Engine employees and partner company staff may have been leaked.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Hanwha Systems incident.
Hanwha Systems ICT Unit Breach Leaks Employee Personal Data
1.7KImpact: Leak of employee personal data; actual damage under investigation on a server holding information on about 1,700 people
Unauthorized access to servers of Hanwha Systems' ICT division, using external access accounts of some affiliates, led to the leak of employees' names, contact details and company email addresses. The servers held information on about 1,700 people, and the actual scale of the damage is under investigation. Hanwha Systems reported the incident to the Korea Internet & Security Agency and said its defense and financial affiliates were not affected.
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