HYBE discloses employee data breach
Original title: KR: HYBE data breach exposes employee medical records, financial details
Unauthorized access via vendor document software exposed medical records and financial details of current and former employees and partners.
HYBE detected unauthorized access through an outside vendor's document preview software connected to its electronic approval system. Similar access was found in the expense management system. The breaches occurred September 12-13 and October 3-5, 2026. Compromised data included resident registration numbers, credit card numbers, medical records, passport numbers, bank details, addresses, and phone numbers. The company did not disclose the number of affected individuals.
- Unauthorized access via outside vendor software
- Breaches on September 12-13 and October 3-5
- Data includes medical records and financial details
- No number of affected people disclosed
- Company notified law enforcement implied
Impact: exposure of medical records and financial details
- 1.review and monitor accounts
- 2.contact financial institutions if suspicious activity detected
- Vendors
- HYBE
- Countries
- South Korea
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2 min read at databreaches.netLee Hae-rin reports: HYBE, the music agency behind K-pop group BTS, disclosed a cyberattack that exposed personal information of current and former employees and business partners, including resident registration numbers, credit card numbers and medical records. In an apology posted on its website, Oct. 18, the company said an internal security inspection detected unauthorized access...
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