Delivery platform insider accessed and disclosed customer information without authorization
A delivery platform insider accessed a personal information processing system 2,890 times for purposes unrelated to work, looked up customer addresses and other information, and disclosed a specific person's address to an outside party. The insider was also found guilty of separately purchasing approximately 16.97 million illegally traded personal information records and was sentenced to one year and six months in prison.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Unauthorized viewing of customer addresses and other personal information, and disclosure of a specific person's address to an outside party
- Cause / method
- A delivery platform insider's access to a personal information processing system for non-work purposes and unauthorized disclosure of customer information
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataAddress
- 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 became public that a delivery platform insider had been sentenced to one year and six months in prison for accessing and disclosing customer information without authorization and purchasing approximately 16.97 million illegally traded personal information records.
3 related reports
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