Leaked data includes names, contact details and encrypted passwords of students, alumni and staff
Personal information belonging to about 180,000 students, alumni and employees of Sogang University has been leaked in a data breach.
Sogang University said Saturday it had detected signs of an information leak involving its integrated login accounts on the previoius day.
In a notice posted on its official website, the university said it had confirmed signs of some information being leaked following an external attack by an unidentified party.
“Upon becoming aware of the incident, we immediately took emergency measures in accordance with our security breach response procedures,” the university said.
According to the university, the compromised information includes student identification numbers, names, affiliations, email addresses, mobile phone numbers and encrypted passwords for the university’s integrated login system.
The school said it immediately blocked the IP address used in the attack and restricted access to affected services while implementing network separation measures, adding that It is taking additional security measures to prevent the incident from spreading and causing further damage.
“We take this matter extremely seriously and will fundamentally review and strengthen our security measures to prevent similar incidents from recurring,” Sogang University said.
The university did not disclose further details about the suspected attacker or the exact method used to obtain the information.
