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KEPCO says personal data leak affected 35,528 people
South Korea’s KEPCO found its data leak affected 35,528 people, more than the roughly 24,000 it first disclosed.
The leak involved current staff, more than 10,000 former employees and 68 contractor workers.
The exposed information included names, work affiliations and phone numbers.
For 400 current employees, coded facial-recognition data used for headquarters access was also exposed.
KEPCO said investigators from the National Intelligence Service and the climate and energy ministry found the additional cases.
The company says it notified those affected and reported the leak to the privacy regulator.
It has also asked South Jeolla police to investigate, while its president has promised wider changes to information security.
KEPCO says a personal data leak affected 35,528 people, more than the roughly 24,000 first reported.
The exposed information included names, affiliations and phone numbers.
The affected group also included more than 10,000 former employees and 68 workers at partner companies.
Coded facial-recognition data for 400 current employees was also exposed.
KEPCO said it notified affected people, reported the incident to the Personal Information Protection Commission and asked police to investigate.
- Who
- Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and 35,528 people whose information was exposed.
- What
- KEPCO said the number affected by a personal data leak was higher than first reported.
- When
- The leak was first reported on Oct. 1. KEPCO disclosed the revised total on Oct. 23.
- Where
- An external webpage. The article does not specify its location.
- Why
- Not stated.
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KEPCO said it had identified the exposure of personal information belonging to about 24,000 employees on an external webpage.
KEPCO said it found additional exposed information while investigating with the National Intelligence Service and the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment.
KEPCO president Kim Dong-cheol apologized for the employee data leak at a parliamentary audit and pledged fundamental improvements to information security.
KEPCO reported that the leak affected 35,528 people and said it had notified those affected and asked South Jeolla Provincial Police Agency to investigate.
- Total affected
- 35,528 people
- Initially reported
- About 24,000 people
- Former employees
- More than 10,000
- Partner-company workers
- 68
- Coded facial-recognition data
- 400 current employees
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What people are saying
The first leak we confirmed involved about 24,000 people, but during an investigation with the National Intelligence Service and the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, we found additional leakage.
I deeply apologize for causing concern to the public over the leak of employees’ personal information.