A leak of member personal information has occurred at South Korean online video service (OTT) Tving.
Tving said in a notice on its website on Tuesday that it confirmed personal information was leaked through unauthorised access to a database storing user data on Monday.
Tving said it believes an unidentified hacker accessed the database and transmitted personal information files outside.
The leaked items include IDs, names, dates of birth, gender, resident registration number identifier (CI), duplicate sign-up identifier (DI), mobile phone numbers, emails, refund account numbers and passwords. The last four digits of mobile phone numbers, part of email IDs, refund account numbers and passwords were leaked in encrypted form. The scale of the leak was not disclosed.
Tving added that after it became aware of the leak, it blocked access from the attacker’s IP and changed its cloud access control policy and database monitoring policy.
Tving said, "We deeply apologise for causing concern due to the personal information leak," and added it would provide separate guidance on additional details such as procedures for 피해 relief.
Seulgi Son
sageson@d-today.co.kr