Korea Electric Power Corporation exposes personal information of over 24,000 employees... Excluding customer information

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Chang-yong = Recently, amid a series of personal information leaks in the financial sector, an accident occurred at Korea Electric Power Corporation.

KEPCO said in a statement distributed on the 4th, "At around 3:59 p.m. on the 1st, we were made aware of a situation in which employee personal information was exposed on an external web page."

The names, affiliations, and phone numbers of approximately 24,000 KEPCO employees were exposed. KEPCO explained that unique identification numbers and sensitive information such as resident registration numbers were not exposed.

KEPCO said that upon becoming aware of it, it immediately blocked access to the internal system related to employee personal information and requested the webpage operator to delete it.

The exposed information was deleted around midnight on the 2nd, approximately 32 hours from the time of recognition.

Currently, KEPCO has established an emergency response situation room and is operating a cooperation system with related organizations.

In addition, the circumstances of the leak were explained to employees whose information was leaked through text messages and emails, and guidance was given on measures to prevent secondary damage.

A KEPCO official said, "If damage has occurred or is expected to occur in the future and is reported, we will conduct the necessary investigation and proceed with relief procedures such as compensation for damages," and added, "We will closely identify the cause of exposure and implement measures to prevent recurrence."

It was confirmed that customer information was not included in this personal information exposure.

A KEPCO official said, “Customer information other than employees is safely managed separately in a dedicated system.”