KDB Capital Hack Leaks Personal Data of 848 Customers
A hack at KDB Capital leaked the names, resident registration numbers and dates of birth of 848 customers. A test page that had been left undeleted served as the entry point, and KDB Capital identified the breach 101 hours after it occurred. KDB Capital pledged to prevent a recurrence.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- KDB Capital
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Names, resident registration numbers and dates of birth of 848 customers
- Cause / method
- Hack through a test page left undeleted
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNameDate of birthNational ID number
- 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.
- Block new mobile phone activations in your name, and register with the Financial Supervisory Service as a person whose personal data was exposed to strengthen identity checks on financial transactions in your name. If a copy of your ID was leaked, consider having it reissued.Identity theft prevention service (M-Safer) ↗Personal data exposure accident prevention system ↗
- 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
- KDB Capital disclosed the leak of personal data of 848 customers and pledged to prevent a recurrence.
- It emerged that an abandoned test page was the entry point for the hack and that it took 101 hours to identify the breach.
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