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June 18, 2024 Verified Government

Korea Employment Information Service (Worknet) Data Breach

In June 2024, South Korea's national job portal Worknet (work.go.kr), operated by the Korea Employment Information Service (KEIS), was targeted in a credential stuffing attack using login credentials leaked from external websites.

236.1 Thousand
Affected People
7
Data Types
High
Severity
Oct 27, 2026
Last updated

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Exposed Data Types

7
  • Names
  • Dates of birth
  • Genders
  • Email addresses
  • Phone numbers
  • Physical addresses
  • Education levels

About This Breach

According to official disclosures on July 3, 2024, unauthorized actors accessed resume records belonging to 236,120 job seekers, exposing full names, dates of birth, genders, email addresses, phone numbers, residential addresses, and academic history.

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