South Korean payment processor hack suspected of leaking tens of thousands of card records
It emerged that a South Korean payment processor was hacked by a Chinese hacker, with signs that tens of thousands of credit card records were leaked. The hacker reported the system breach first, choosing to tip off authorities rather than use a bug bounty.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Signs of a leak of tens of thousands of credit card records
- Cause / method
- Breach of the payment processor's systems by a Chinese hacker
- 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
- It became known that, in connection with an incident at a major payment processor, the hacker tipped off authorities instead of using a bug bounty.
- A Chinese hacker's breach of a South Korean payment processor and signs of a leak of tens of thousands of credit card records came to light.
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