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Lost storage media at child rights agency leaks 1.17 million personal records

First reported · Last reported · 10 related reports

The National Center for the Rights of the Child lost storage media, including CDs and external hard drives containing personal information of adoptees and missing children, leaking more than 1.17 million records. An external hard drive holding the results of a project to digitize missing-child information was lost and then re-obtained from a contractor in 2024, and it was also found that the contractor had held the personal data for more than four years after the project ended. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) released its findings on poor storage media management and other failings and imposed fines and penalties totaling 885.2 million won.

Key facts

Affected organization
National Center for the Rights of the Child
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
More than 1.17 million records of personal information on adoptees and missing children
Cause / method
Loss of CDs and external hard drives due to poor storage media management
Location
South Korea

If your data was exposed

View National Center for the Rights of the Child notice ↗
  1. 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.
  2. 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 ↗

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Timeline

  1. The loss of an external hard drive holding about 30,000 records of missing children's personal information, and the start of a PIPC investigation, came to light.
  2. The PIPC announced its findings on the leak of more than 1.17 million records of personal information and imposed fines and penalties totaling 885.2 million won.

10 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organization’s official statements for accurate details.