Cyber attack on Gangnam Unni platform in South Korea affected 220 thousand users
Quick Look
- According to South Korea's JoongAng Daily, Healing Paper, the company that operates the Gangnam Unni plastic surgery platform, announced that unusual access was detected in its application's programming interface.
- As a result of the attack, personal and sensitive data of 220 thousand users were leaked; 73% of influential users lived in South Korea (160 thousand%), 22% in Japan (48 thousand).
- The company reported the attack to KISA and requested an investigation.
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Why It Matters
Healing Paper company operates the popular plastic surgery consulting platform Gangnam Unni in South Korea. The platform offers users consultancy, appointment and doctor selection services for aesthetic procedures.
According to the news of JoongAng Daily newspaper published in South Korea, Healing Paper company, which operates the plastic surgery platform named "Gangnam Unni", announced that unusual access was detected in the programming interface of the application.
Noting that approximately 220 thousand users from various countries were affected by the cyber attack on the platform, the company stated that approximately 160 thousand of these people were in South Korea and 48 thousand in Japan.
The company stated that personal information such as users' names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, dates of birth, as well as sensitive data such as the procedures for which they wanted to receive consultancy, hospital and doctor names, appointment times, photos uploaded during consultancy and payment details were leaked.
Stating that they blocked the access channels affected by the cyber attack in question, the company noted that they later detected that an attack was attempted through different access routes.
The company announced that the attack was reported to the Korean Internet and Security Agency (KISA) and that an investigation into the incident was requested.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
KISA will initiate a detailed investigation into the cyber attack and conduct a technical investigation to identify the criminals.
Likely · Within weeks
Affected users may take legal action against Healing Paper under data protection laws.
Possible · Within months
Open Questions
- Who carried out the attack?
- Whether the leaked data was misused
- What kind of compensation will be offered to affected users?
