{
  "id": 12096651,
  "title": "Over 5 mil. resident registration number records leaked in Korea over 6 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/over-5-mil-resident-registration-number-records-leaked-in-korea-over",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-05T07:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/20261005/over-5-mil-resident-registration-number-records-leaked-in-korea-over-6-years"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [
    "Over 5.05 million Korean resident registration numbers leaked in 6 years",
    "130 cases subject to enforcement by PIPC and FSS",
    "National Center for the Rights of the Child most affected with 1.16M exposures"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Repeated data breaches at major Korean institutions and companies erode trust in their handling of personal information, putting millions of individuals' sensitive data at risk of misuse.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Over 5 mil. resident registration number records leaked in Korea over 6 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/over-5-mil-resident-registration-number-records-leaked-in-korea-over-12099971",
        "published": "2026-10-05T07:32:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}