SM Entertainment, personal information such as resident and account number leaked... “I sincerely apologize”

The famous music agency SM Entertainment and some of its affiliates suffered a leak of personal information, including employees' resident registration numbers and account numbers.

SM announced on its website on the 8th, "During our recent internal security monitoring process, we confirmed that an external attacker accessed our business systems (electronic payment system, etc.) in an unauthorized manner and leaked some of the document files we were storing to the outside."

He added, “We are closely investigating the exact circumstances of the accident together with the relevant authorities,” and added, “We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by this accident.”

According to SM, the personal information leak occurred around the 4th of this month.

Some of the leaked items include mobile phone number, address, account number, resident registration number, affiliation, and information written in the contract.

Similar personal information leaks occurred at Dear U, an information technology (IT) affiliate that operates the fan communication app Bubble, and Dream Maker Entertainment, a performance planning affiliate.

SM said, "As soon as we recognized the incident, we completely blocked the IP and access path used in the attack and replaced the unauthorized access key, thereby blocking additional attacks and information leaks. In addition, we plan to implement additional measures necessary to prevent damage, such as detailed investigation and security system inspection through cooperation with government authorities and external professional agencies."

In addition, "To date, no cases of secondary damage due to misuse of leaked personal information have been confirmed," he said. "We are taking this incident very seriously, and will do our best to prevent similar incidents from recurring by further strengthening access control and security monitoring of in-house systems and thoroughly identifying the cause and improving the security system."