Over 82,000 taxpayer personal data records leaked from Yongin Tax Office
More than 82,000 taxpayer personal data records were leaked externally from the Yongin Tax Office. It emerged that an employee had sent the information to a predecessor, and the Yongin Tax Office posted an apology.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Yongin Tax Office
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- More than 82,000 taxpayer personal data records
- Cause / method
- An employee sent taxpayers' personal information to a predecessor
- 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
- The leak of more than 82,000 taxpayer records and the Yongin Tax Office's posting of an apology came to light.
- It came to light that an employee had sent personal information to a predecessor.
3 related reports
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