Modu-ui Changup
Disclosed Jul 31, 20268 weeks agoUnverified
Korean startup platform leaked 5,000 applicants' data via exposed API key
South Korea's government-backed startup support platform exposed emails, names and startup idea evaluations of about 5,000 applicants because its encryption key was embedded in API responses, which attackers harvested with AI-assisted crawling.
What is known
| People affected | Not stated in the sources we have |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Discovered | Jun 2026 |
| Attack | Scraping |
| Data exposed | Emails, Names, Internal documents |
| Sector | Government · KR |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| South Korean startup platform breach exposes key management failuresbleepingcomputer.com · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Jul 31 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.