Personal data of startup support program participants leaked in cyberattack
Personal information of participants of a government-backed startup program has been leaked following a cyberattack against a company supporting the program, the startups ministry said Friday. The artificial intelligence solutions company detected a hacking attack on Wednesday, which compromised the personal data of 20,028 people, including 818 participants of the startup support program,…
The personal data of 20,028 individuals, including 818 participants of a government-backed startup support program, has been compromised following a recent cyberattack, the South Korean startups ministry announced on Friday. The AI solutions company that supports the program discovered the hacking incident on Wednesday, according to Yonhap news agency.
The leaked data comprises the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of the affected service users. This breach occurs just months after a similar data leak in June, wherein personal information of 5,000 startup program participants was also stolen in a hacking attack.
In response to the June breach, the ministry had unveiled security measures in July to bolster the program's defenses and deter future cyberattacks.
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