Koempayments hack leaks card data
Koempayments announced a leak of card data in connection with signs that its electronic payment network was hacked. The networks of large payment gateways (PGs) linked to it were also included in the investigation, and the primary PGs connected to it prepared for a Financial Supervisory Service inspection.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Koempayments
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Card data leak
- Cause / method
- Hacking of the electronic payment network
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataCard details
- Turn on payment alerts in your card issuer’s app, and if you see a charge you don’t recognize, ask the issuer to block and reissue the card.
- 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
- Koempayments' announcement of the card data leak and the investigation of large PG-linked networks became public.
- Primary PGs prepared for a Financial Supervisory Service inspection in connection with the Koempayments hack.
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