National Tax Service official suspended for mass leak of taxpayer data
An official at Korea's National Tax Service leaked a large volume of taxpayer information. The official was suspended from duty on June 25, 2026.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- National Tax Service (NTS)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Mass leak of taxpayer information
- Cause / method
- Information leak by a National Tax Service official
- 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 National Tax Service official who leaked a large volume of taxpayer information was suspended from duty.
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