TVING Data Breach
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A joint South Korean government-private investigation finds that 39.54 million TVING accounts were exposed, including names, passwords and phone numbers. The breach also affects 361 development projects and prompts TVING to apologize and offer compensation.
Editorial: Nearly 40 million TVING accounts exposed, revealing a streaming giant’s lax data security
Nearly every account stored by South Korean streaming service TVING appears to have been exposed. A joint investigation team under the Ministry of Science and ICT said 39.54 million accounts were leaked in an incident disclosed on Sept. 3, including 22.06 million active accounts that could still log in. Because one person can create multiple accounts, TVING estimates that information belonging to …
Tving Data Breach Exposes 39.54 Million Accounts, Including Names, Passwords and Phone Numbers
Tving’s security failure exposed far more than customer accounts. A government investigation found that hackers obtained personal information from 39.54 million accounts and also stole source code, re…
Tving apologizes for data breach and offers compensation to all affected users
Tving has apologized for a large-scale personal data breach and promised to rebuild its security system from the ground up. At a briefing in Seoul on the 3rd, Tving CEO Choi Joo-hee said the company a…
Science Ministry: Tving Data Breach Exposed 39.54 Million Accounts and 361 Development Projects
A data breach at South Korean streaming service Tving exposed information linked to 39.54 million accounts and 361 internal development projects, according to a joint public-private investigation. The…