{
  "id": 17886545,
  "title": "Police launch probe into personal data leak involving President Lee",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/police-launch-probe-into-personal-data-leak-involving-president-lee",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T01:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20261103/police-launch-probe-into-personal-data-leak-involving-president-lee"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that the National Police Agency has launched a preliminary investigation into the online leak of personal information involving 168 individuals, including President Lee Jae Myung and senior government officials. The incident was discovered after a passenger list for the presidential aircraft was found posted online, revealing sensitive details such as passport information and other personal data. Authorities suspect that an external party may be responsible for the leak, which affected high-ranking officials, members of the presidential security team, and press corps members who accompanied President Lee on an overseas trip. The exposed information included names, affiliations, job titles, dates of birth, passport numbers, and passport issuance and expiration dates. The compromised file had been available on a paid security-related website since June 2, remaining accessible for months before the leak was discovered.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Police launch investigation into leak of presidential plane passenger information",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/police-launch-investigation-into-leak-of-presidential-plane-passenger",
        "published": "2026-11-03T01:15:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "South Korea rushes to reissue passports to President Lee, wife after data leak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/south-korea-rushes-to-reissue-passports-to-president-lee-wife-after",
        "published": "2026-11-03T03:00:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "South Korea investigates leak of President Lee’s passport details",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/south-korea-investigates-leak-of-president-lees-passport-details",
        "published": "2026-11-03T03:43:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}