Sogang University Suffers Data Leak Involving 180,000 Records, Suspected Outside Attack

Personal information of approximately 180,000 Sogang University students, faculty, and staff has been leaked.

Sogang University announced today that it detected signs of a data leak involving integrated login account information due to an unidentified external attack.

The leaked data includes student ID (or employee ID) numbers, names, affiliations, email addresses, mobile phone numbers, and encrypted integrated passwords.

The university stated that upon detecting the incident, it immediately took emergency measures, including blocking the attacking IP addresses.

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