South Korea·Other·Announced by the organization or a regulator
Seoul St. Mary's Hospital data breach (Feb 2022)
What happened
Patient prescription information was leaked from Seoul St. Mary's Hospital to a pharmaceutical company employee, after an internal employee sent patient data via email and USB, exposing a large number of patient records. The hospital apologized, an employee was investigated for unauthorized data sharing, and the Personal Information Commission imposed a fine and ordered improvements.
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Facts on record
- Country
- South Korea
- Industry
- Other
- Announced
- Feb 23, 2022
- Affected
- 16,463 people
- Data exposed
- Medical or health information, names
- Status
- Announced by the organization or a regulator
- Compensation and penalties
- A fine or other penalty on record
Sources
- 개인정보보호위원회개인정보위, 환자정보 유출 17개 종합병원 제재