Korean Credit Bureau Got Hacked, Sold 20 Million Confidential Data To Phone Marketing Firms

Nowadays hacking has became very common, from government agencies to local retailers no one is safe. Personal details of customers are at risk, People are afraid of trusting companies where customer credit details are stored. Today we have one more news of a big data breach at Korean Credit Bureau where 20 million customers confidential information is on risk. It has been reported that, one of the employee of Korea Credit Bureau got arrested on suspicion of selling 20 million credit information of customers to phone marketing firms. He was a temporary employee and was helping marketing firms in booming up their business , Off course, the personal information of people like their Age, Gender, Income, Phone Number is very important for marketing firms in order to boost their efforts of spreading their business. The suspicious employee might have stole the information from a variety of credit cards like KG Kookmin Card, Lotte Card, and NH Nonghyup Card which are some most popular credit cards in Korea. The Korean Financial Supervisory Service has promised to cover up any financial losses of customers due to this data breach, the company thinks that this hack was only to sell users data to marketing firms rather than stealing money from credit cards. If you have been a victim of this data breach, immediately contact the Korean Financial Supervisory Service and report about your loss.