{
  "id": 17905481,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T03:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/11/03/south-korea-investigates-leak-of-president-lee-s-passport-details"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korea's Foreign Ministry is investigating the leak of President Lee Jae Myung's passport details and those of other officials who attended his June trip to Europe. The ministry views the incident as a data leak rather than a cyberattack. Passport information for 168 individuals, including the president, his security team, and National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac, was posted on a paid website in early June. The ministry is collaborating with law enforcement and other authorities to identify the source of the leak and prevent further exposure. They are also reissuing passports for those affected and conducting technical inspections of relevant computers and email accounts. KBS, a news channel, reported on the incident and informed the presidential office after discovering the information online. The passport details were allegedly uploaded under the name \"passenger list\" days before the trip, which included stops in Belgium, Italy, and France for a Group of Seven leaders' summit. So far, there is no evidence that the leak has spread beyond the initially posted information.",
  "summary": "Passport details of 168 people, including president Lee Jae Myung, his security officers and National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac, were posted on a paid website in early June.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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": "The Korea Times",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-03T01:32:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}