Gangnam Unni Announces Compensation Plan for Personal Data Leak: "50,000 Points and Insurance Coverage up to 10 Million Won"
Compensation Applications Accepted via App Starting on the 10th
Sequential Guidance Planned for Overseas Affected Customers
Healing Paper, the operator of the beauty medical information platform "Gangnam Unni," which recently suffered a personal data leak incident, will provide points equivalent to 50,000 won per person to affected domestic customers. The company will also offer insurance covering financial fraud damages, such as phishing and hacking due to the data breach, up to a maximum of 10 million won per individual.
According to related industry sources on September 9, Healing Paper announced this compensation plan through its second official statement issued the previous day.
Compensation applications can be submitted from 10:00 a.m. on September 10 via the compensation application link in the Gangnam Unni application. The scale and payment schedule of compensation for overseas customers will be announced sequentially at a later date. A page to check whether personal information was leaked and the related official statement will be posted for 30 days.
Additionally, Healing Paper explained that it has completed a full inspection of its entire system, including all integration functions (APIs) and databases handling procedure information, to prevent recurrence. The company added that it is also conducting additional vulnerability assessments and simulated penetration tests in collaboration with external security specialists.
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Hong Seungil, CEO of Healing Paper, stated, "We all feel a deep sense of responsibility when we consider the anxiety, concern, and disappointment our customers must have felt due to this incident," adding, "We will transparently communicate the improvement process and its progress."
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