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Personal data of some 24,000 KEPCO employees leaked

The personal information of some 24,000 employees at the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) has been leaked, the company said Sunday, the latest in a series of personal data leaks at corporations. "We became aware that the personal information of employees was exposed on an external web site at around 3:59 p.m. Thursday," KEPCO said in a statement. The leaked information includes their…

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Personal data of some 24,000 KEPCO employees leaked

Personal data belonging to around 24,000 employees at state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) was leaked, the company announced on Sunday. This marks the latest in a series of personal data breaches affecting corporations. KEPCO discovered that the information, encompassing names, job positions, and telephone numbers, had been exposed on an external website around 3:59 p.m. on Thursday. According to the company, the leaked data did not include sensitive information like resident registration numbers.

KEPCO has since notified the affected employees and removed the leaked data by midnight on Friday. The company assured customers that their information stored in a separate system remained secure. This incident follows several recent data leaks at major financial institutions, including Hana Bank, KB Kookmin Bank, and Shinhan Bank, which were attributed to hacking attacks.

A KEPCO official stated that the company is investigating the cause of the incident, emphasizing that the data breach appears unrelated to artificial intelligence.

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