Jeju middle school student obtains personal data of about 400 students without authorization
A student at a middle school in Jeju, South Korea, gained unauthorized access to a teacher's Google Workspace account whose initial password had never been changed. The student downloaded the personal information of about 400 students and the performance assessment grades of about 200. The school reported the leak, deleted the data and changed passwords, and no external distribution has been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of about 400 students and performance assessment grades of about 200
- Cause / method
- A student accessed without authorization a teacher's Google Workspace account whose initial password had not been changed
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
- 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 came to light that a Jeju middle school student had obtained personal data and grades without authorization, and that the school had reported it, deleted the data and changed passwords.
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