The Personal Information Protection Commission has received a report from the Central Election Management Commission regarding a data breach involving voter registration records found at the Jamsil polling station in Songpa District, Seoul.
According to Yonhap News on June 6, the Central Election Management Commission reported the incident to the Personal Information Protection Commission around 8:30 p.m. on June 5.
The Jamsil polling station was previously the site of a ballot shortage during the 9th nationwide local elections, where protesters and some citizens delayed the transport of ballot boxes for two days. Police intervened on June 5, allowing the ballot boxes to be moved to the counting center.
Afterward, protesters entered an empty polling station, where they discovered voter registration records and marking tools left behind by the election commission. The records, which included names and genders of voters, were intended as waiting tickets for voters who could not cast their ballots immediately due to the shortage. The protesters filmed the documents and broadcast the information live online, exposing personal data.
The Personal Information Protection Commission is currently investigating how the voter registration records were exposed and whether the election commission failed to secure the documents properly.
A commission official stated in a phone interview with Yonhap News, "We plan to verify the overall facts with the election commission, including whether the materials distributed to voters were exposed externally or if information that should have been secured by the election commission was leaked."
Based on the findings, the commission will assess potential violations of the Personal Information Protection Act and consider necessary follow-up actions.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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