Contractor Hacks Credit Cards of Half Of South Korea

Contractor Hacks Credit Cards of Half Of South Korea
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January 20, 2014 Contractor Hacks Credit Cards of Half Of South Korea An IT contractor is arrested after he stole and sold credit card and social security details of 20 million, or nearly half of all 50 million South Koreans

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25808189

Credit card details from almost half of all South Koreans have been stolen and sold to marketing firms. The data was stolen by a computer contractor working for a company called the Korea Credit Bureau that produces credit scores. The names, social security numbers and credit card details of 20 million South Koreans were copied by the IT worker.

...theft of consumer data is just the latest to hit South Korea. In 2012, two hackers were arrested for getting hold of the details of 8.7 million subscribers to KT Mobile. Also, in 2011, details of more than 35 million accounts of South Korean social network Cyworld were exposed in an attack.

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