180,000 pieces of personal info leaked from Sogang University in cyberattack
Sogang University in Seoul came under a cyberattack, and some 180,000 pieces of personal information of students and school officials were leaked, the school said Saturday. The school said it has confirmed circumstances where some information was leaked due to an unidentified outside attack on its integrated login account information. Leaked information includes student numbers, names,…
Sogang University in Seoul was subject to a cyberattack. Around 180,000 pieces of personal information belonging to students and school officials were leaked. The compromised data includes student numbers, names, affiliations, mobile phone numbers, and passwords.
The breach occurred due to an attack on the university's integrated login account information. The school has since taken emergency measures, including blocking the IP address used in the attack.
According to The Korea Times, the university confirmed the leak and has responded to the incident.
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