GS Retail Fined $9.3 Mil. over Personal Data Leak of 1.66 Mil. Customers
The privacy watchdog ordered GS Retail to add security controls and privacy staff after a hacker exposed names, contacts and addresses of 1.66 million customers.
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The Personal Information Protection Commission has imposed a fine of 12.8 billion won on GS Retail for a large-scale leak of customer personal information. Investigations revealed that although abnormal signs, such as a surge in login failures, appeared, they were not detected or blocked; further leaks occurred for approximately 40 days as the same attacks continued on other services even after the leak was confirmed in one service. The Commissi…
Hacker 'Credential Stuffing' Attack… 1.58 Million GS SHOP & 79,000 GS25 Data Leaked Failed to Prevent Identical Attack Despite Knowing About GS25 Leak… "Negligence in Incident Response" Personal information of approximately 1.66 million people at GS SHOP and GS25, operated by GS Retail
GS Retail has been fined approximately 12.8 billion won for failing to prevent the same type of attacks continuing across other services for over a month, despite being aware of the personal information leak. The total number of leaked personal information records from the two services amounts to 1.66 million. The Personal Information Protection Commission held a plenary meeting on the 26th regarding personal information
GS Retail Fined $9.3 Million Over Data Leak Affecting 1.66 Million Customers
Seoul, August 31, 2026 (Yes Punjab News) South Korean retail giant GS Retail has been fined 12.8 billion won ($9.3 million) over a personal data breach that exposed information belonging to about 1.66 million customers, the country’s privacy watchdog said Monday. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said an unidentified hacker gained unauthorised access to […] The post GS Retail Fined $9.3 Million Over Data Leak Affecting 1.66 M…
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