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. As a result, 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 cyberattack targeted the university's integrated login account information. Following the incident, the school has taken immediate action by blocking the IP address used in the attack and implementing other emergency measures.
The leak was confirmed by the school on Saturday, and it has been attributed to an unidentified outside attack.
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