Multicampus learning platform breach exposes about 70,000 users' personal data
Unauthorized access to the cloud environment of Multicampus's online education service, Learning Platform, exposed the personal information of about 70,000 users, according to a preliminary tally. The exposed data included names, phone numbers, email addresses, user IDs, department names, employee numbers, job grades, and positions. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) received a breach report, and the exact scale and types of data affected remain under investigation.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Multicampus
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of about 70,000 users
- Cause / method
- Unauthorized access to the Learning Platform cloud environment
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNamePhone numberEmailUsername
- Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
- 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 Multicampus personal data breach and the Personal Information Protection Commission's receipt of a breach report became public.
- A preliminary tally indicated that about 70,000 users' personal information had been exposed, including user IDs and work-related information.
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