Kia union members' personal data leaked in hack of training contractor
The server of the contractor running the Kia union's online training was hacked, leaking union members' personal information. Most tallies put the number of victims at about 5,000, and the leaked data included employee ID numbers. Some tallies put the figure at about 20,000, so estimates of the scale differed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Kia
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal data of about 5,000 union members in most tallies; about 20,000 in some
- Cause / method
- Hack of the server of the contractor running the union's online training
- 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
- It emerged that the hack of the training contractor's server leaked Kia union members' personal information, including employee ID numbers.
- The leak of personal information of about 5,000 Kia union members was reported again.
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The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organization’s official statements for accurate details.