Lawsuit filed over hacking leak of emails and other personal data
A lawsuit seeking damages for emotional distress was filed after personal information including email addresses was leaked through hacking. The Supreme Court ruled that even if personal information is leaked, there is no liability for statutory damages if no harm occurred, and that mere anxiety is not grounds for compensation.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Leak of personal information including email addresses
- Cause / method
- Hacking
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataEmail
- 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
- A Supreme Court ruling that liability for damages may be waived if no harm resulted from a personal data leak was reported.
- The Supreme Court's finding that mere anxiety caused by a personal data leak from hacking is not grounds for compensation was reported.
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