South Korea·Retail·Announced by the organization or a regulator
Auction data breach (Apr 2008)
What happened
Auction suffered a massive hacking incident that exposed members' IDs, names, resident registration numbers, phone numbers, emails, and transaction information for some accounts. The breach was discovered in April 2008.
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Facts on record
- Country
- South Korea
- Industry
- Retail
- Announced
- Apr 17, 2008
- Affected
- 18.6 million people
- Data exposed
- National ID numbers or documents, bank or financial details, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, names
- Status
- Announced by the organization or a regulator
- Compensation and penalties
- None on record