{
  "id": 5254258,
  "title": "Nearly 40 mil. Tving accounts compromised in massive data breach: probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/nearly-40-mil-tving-accounts-compromised-in-massive-data-breach-probe-5254258",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-03T05:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260903/nearly-40-mil-tving-accounts-compromised-in-massive-data-breach-probe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A massive data breach has compromised nearly 40 million user accounts on the Korean streaming platform Tving, according to a three-month joint investigation by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The breach, reported in June, affected 39.54 million accounts, including multiple accounts held by the same users. The compromised data also included 361 technical assets, such as source code. Tving has since enhanced its security measures, and no further attacks have been detected. The compromised accounts were registered through various methods, including direct registration with Tving, CJ ONE integrated membership accounts, and social media log-in services like Naver, Kakao, Facebook, Apple, and X. Of the total, 22.06 million accounts are active.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Nearly 40 mln Tving accounts compromised in massive data breach: probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/nearly-40-mln-tving-accounts-compromised-in-massive-data-breach-probe",
        "published": "2026-09-03T05:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Nearly 40 mil. Tving accounts compromised in massive data breach: probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/nearly-40-mil-tving-accounts-compromised-in-massive-data-breach-probe",
        "published": "2026-09-03T05:22:02.000Z"
      }
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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."
}