The data breach at Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has affected not only current employees but also retirees and contractor staff. The total number of victims has been identified as 35,528, approximately 11,000 more than the initial report of over 24,000.
According to materials received by Kim So-hee, a member of the National Assembly's Climate, Energy, Environment, and Labor Committee, the breach includes information from over 10,000 retirees and 68 contractor employees. The data leaked pertains to information collected during their employment at KEPCO.
Additional victims were confirmed during investigations by relevant authorities. KEPCO acknowledged on October 1 that the personal information of over 24,000 employees had been exposed on an external webpage, but further inquiries with the National Intelligence Service and the Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment revealed additional leaks.
The exposed information includes names, affiliations, and phone numbers. Additionally, the facial recognition data of 400 current employees, used for access control at the headquarters, was also compromised.
KEPCO has notified the affected individuals and reported the breach to the Personal Information Protection Commission. The Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency has also been requested to investigate the incident.
During a National Assembly audit on October 19, KEPCO President Kim Dong-cheol expressed deep apologies for the distress caused by the data breach, stating, "We will implement fundamental reforms across all information security operations to prevent a recurrence of such incidents."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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