Account takeover at KT alpha's Giftishow leads to unauthorized gift card purchases
On December 14, 2025, an incident occurred at KT alpha's Giftishow in which other people's accounts were logged into and used to make unauthorized gift card purchases. KT alpha suspected account takeover using IDs and passwords illegally collected elsewhere. The fraudulent payments were fully refunded.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- KT alpha
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- 2025-12-14
- Scale of damage
- Unauthorized gift card purchases, amount unknown
- Cause / method
- Suspected account takeover using IDs and passwords illegally collected elsewhere
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
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- Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
- 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
- An incident occurred on Giftishow in which other people's accounts were logged into and used to make unauthorized gift card purchases.
- KT alpha said it suspected account takeover using illegally collected IDs and passwords and had fully refunded the fraudulent payments.
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