Over 5 mil. resident registration number records leaked in Korea over 6 years
Resident registration numbers were exposed more than 5.05 million times in personal data breach cases that prompted enforcement action by the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) over the past six years, data showed Sunday. According to an analysis by the office of Rep. Han Chang-min of the Social Democratic Party, 130 cases involving the…
Over the course of six years, personal data breaches in Korea resulted in the exposure of more than 5.05 million resident registration numbers, according to an analysis conducted by the office of Representative Han Chang-min of the Social Democratic Party. Between 2021 and September 2026, 130 cases were subject to enforcement action by the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).
Excluding three cases where the scale of the breach could not be determined, the remaining incidents involved a total of 5.05 million instances of resident registration number exposures. The National Center for the Rights of the Child experienced the highest number of exposures, with 1.16 million instances across three data breaches.
Other institutions and companies affected included Yanolja, NHN Wetoo, Lotte Card, Duo Information, and LG Uplus, with exposures ranging from 1 million to 297,117 records.
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