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Personal data of 330 female CJ Group employees leaked on Telegram

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Personal information of about 330 female CJ Group employees, including photos and phone numbers, was leaked on Telegram, along with family photos. The leaked data was traded through a $100-a-month subscription paid in cryptocurrency. CJ filed a complaint with the police, and after an investigation the police referred a former employee who leaked the data to prosecutors.

Key facts

Affected organization
CJ Group
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Personal information of about 330 female employees, including photos, phone numbers and family photos
Cause / method
Leak of personal data by a former employee and its distribution on Telegram
Location
South Korea

If your data was exposed

Exposed dataPhone number

  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 ↗

Timeline

  1. It was made public that photos, phone numbers and other data of about 330 female CJ Group employees had been leaked on Telegram.
  2. CJ filed a police complaint over the leak of female employees' personal data.
  3. The police opened an investigation into the leak of female CJ employees' personal data.
  4. It emerged that the leaked data had been traded through a $100-a-month subscription.
  5. The police referred to prosecutors a former CJ Group employee who leaked the personal data of about 330 female employees.

49 related reports

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