Everybody's Startup's Information Leaks Again, Participant 'Boogle'... “The circumstances and compensation must be revealed.”

When a personal information leak incident related to the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' 'Startup for Everyone' occurred again after 5 months, project participants called for the establishment of protection against accidents and damage compensation measures.

According to the Ministry of SMEs and Startups on the 14th, one participant who announced that he had advanced to the first round of the second project posted a post on everyone's startup bulletin board the afternoon of the previous day, immediately after the accident, and said, "Although the government pledged to prevent recurrence after the first accident in June, another accident occurred," and explained, "It is an important issue that needs to be confirmed whether the foreseeable risks have been sufficiently reviewed while planning a public participation project and whether the capabilities of external participating organizations have been verified."

At the same time, they requested ▲ disclosure of security responsibilities and inspection and supervision obligations for each institution, ▲ results of implementation of recurrence prevention measures implemented after the first accident, ▲ security standards applied to institutions participating in the second project and AI supplier companies, ▲ whether the responsible person fulfilled his or her duties, and relief measures.

He emphasized, "If you have prepared insurance or financial resources to prepare for the risk of personal information leakage, disclose the damage compensation process," and added, "At the same time, please check the performance of relief and compensation for victims and future plans."

He continued, "Please submit evidence of how the improvement measures after the first accident were delivered and applied to all related organizations and companies in the second project," and added, "It is necessary to confirm whether the business resumed with the completion of any security and damage prevention measures at the time."

As such, immediately after the accident, posts were posted one after another on everyone's startup website and related communities inquiring about relief measures and circumstances related to the personal information leak, and it was sensed that participants' anxiety had increased.

In particular, it is pointed out that confusion has increased as there is no notice about this on everyone's startup website or the solution company's website, such as saying, 'I am inquiring after reading the article.'

A participant who was eliminated in the first round, tried again in the second round, and advanced to the first round said in a phone call with Yonhap News, "Fortunately, the AI ​​solution company whose personal information was leaked this time was not the one I used," and "I am worried about whether the security of the remaining 49 solution companies is safe."

Previously, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced the previous day that it had confirmed that personal information had been leaked from one of the 50 AI solution providers that participated in the 2nd Modu startup, including 818 project participants.

Due to this incident, the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of some secondary project participants were leaked.

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups issued a press release on this day and said, "The system in which this leak occurred is an AI solution operated by a private company. If a participant selects an AI solution provider, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups is supporting the participant with the service fee."