Breaches and incidents
Yonsei University (Seoul): portal breach exposes data of about 10,000 students and graduates
Per Korea JoongAng Daily, personal information of around 10,000 students and graduates leaked, including student ID numbers, mobile numbers and email...
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What happened
- Per Korea JoongAng Daily, personal information of around 10,000 students and graduates leaked, including student ID numbers, mobile numbers and email addresses; the attack reportedly began around 7:41 p.m. on Tuesday (20 Oct).
- Root cause: described by the university as “unauthorized external access to the Yonsei Portal Service”; method not disclosed. A second hacking attempt came from a different IP address.
- No attacker named.
- The university plans a comprehensive security review of its systems.