Nearly 40 mil. Tving accounts compromised in massive data breach: probe
Nearly 40 million user accounts of Korean streaming platform Tving were compromised in a massive data breach stemming from a hacking incident reported in June, a joint investigation showed Thursday. The Ministry of Science and ICT announced the results of a three-month government-civilian investigation into the breach at Tving, an online video streaming platform operated by entertainment giant CJ…
A massive data breach has compromised nearly 40 million user accounts on the Korean streaming platform Tving, according to a three-month joint investigation by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The breach, reported in June, affected 39.54 million accounts, including multiple accounts held by the same users. The compromised data also included 361 technical assets, such as source code.
Tving has since enhanced its security measures, and no further attacks have been detected. The compromised accounts were registered through various methods, including direct registration with Tving, CJ ONE integrated membership accounts, and social media log-in services like Naver, Kakao, Facebook, Apple, and X. Of the total, 22.06 million accounts are active.
Brief written by urgent.news from The Korea Times's own syndicated text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
This story
This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.
