Breachesby GlyphKorea Credit Bureau
Disclosed Jan 20, 201420,000,000 affectedUnverified
Contractor copies card and ID data of 20 million South Koreans
An IT contractor at the Korea Credit Bureau copied names, resident registration numbers and card details of about 20 million South Koreans from three card companies' databases and sold them to marketing firms.
What is known
| People affected | 20,000,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jan 20, 2014 |
| Attack | Insider |
| Data exposed | NamesGovernment IDsPayment cards |
| Sector | Finance · KR |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
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