{
  "id": 4558185,
  "title": "GS Retail fined $9.3 mil. over personal data leak of 1.66 mil. customers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/gs-retail-fined-9-3-mil-over-personal-data-leak-of-1-66-mil-customers-4558185",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-31T03:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260831/gs-retail-fined-93-mil-over-personal-data-leak-of-166-mil-customers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "GS Retail, a conglomerate that oversees GS25 convenience stores, has been penalized 12.8 billion won, equivalent to $9.3 million, due to a data breach affecting 1.66 million individuals, reported the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) on Monday. According to the watchdog, a clandestine hacker breached GS Retail's online shopping portal, GS SHOP, and its retail network between 2024 and 2025 by persistently inputting numerous pre-assigned user IDs and passwords, thereby circumventing the login procedures. Via the member information adjustment portals, the cybercriminal accessed the personal data of 1.58 million GS SHOP users and 79,128 GS25 patrons. The compromised details comprised their names, gender, dates of birth, contact numbers, residential addresses, and email addresses. The privacy watchdog alleged that GS Retail remained oblivious to anomalous signs, such as a sudden surge in login attempts and failures originating from the same IP addresses within a short span, which allowed the unauthorized intrusion to remain undetected for an extended duration. The company's shortcomings included failing to recognize and address these red flags promptly.",
  "summary": "GS Retail Co., a retail giant that operates GS25 convenience stores, has been issued a 12.8 billion-won ($9.3 million) fine over a personal data leak that affected 1.66 million customers, the privacy watchdog said Monday. According to the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), an unidentified hacker infiltrated the company's home shopping platform GS SHOP and its convenience store…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "GS Retail fined 12.8 bln won over personal data leak of 1.66 mln customers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/gs-retail-fined-12-8-bln-won-over-personal-data-leak-of-1-66-mln",
        "published": "2026-08-31T02:22:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "GS Retail fined $9.3 mil. over personal data leak of 1.66 mil. customers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/gs-retail-fined-9-3-mil-over-personal-data-leak-of-1-66-mil-customers",
        "published": "2026-08-31T03:17:03.000Z"
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  "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."
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