South Korea·Tech·Announced by the organization or a regulator
SK Communications data breach (Jul 2011)
What happened
Hackers breached SK Communications' Nate and Cyworld services, stealing members' IDs, names, phone numbers, emails, passwords, and resident registration numbers. The data was accessed from Chinese IP addresses.
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Facts on record
- Country
- South Korea
- Industry
- Tech
- Announced
- Jul 28, 2011
- Affected
- 35 million people
- Data exposed
- National ID numbers or documents, passwords, email addresses, phone numbers, names
- Status
- Announced by the organization or a regulator
- Compensation and penalties
- None on record
Sources
- 한겨레(다음 뉴스)네이트·싸이월드 해킹에 뚫려 3500만명 정보유출