Police Launch Investigation Into 'Modu Startup' Data Breach

The police have launched a preliminary investigation into the personal data breach involving the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' 'Modu Startup' project.

The National Office of Investigation under the National Police Agency announced in a press notice today (June 23) that it "ordered a preliminary investigation on the 18th regarding the 'Modu Startup' data breach, which was announced on the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development website that same day."

Following this, the Cyber Investigation Unit of the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency has begun the preliminary investigation.

The National Office of Investigation stated that as it also received a request for investigation from the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development yesterday (June 22), it will "track the circumstances of the leak and conduct a swift investigation."

Previously, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced that the personal information of 5,000 successful applicants for the 'Modu Startup' project had been leaked.

The investigation revealed that the incident was not caused by an external attack on the project itself, but rather by a hacking attack on a company that provided support for the project's participants.

(Photo: Yonhap News)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.