Kakao Games Leaks 140 Users' Information in External Hacking Incident... "Access Blocked, System Inspected"

An incident has occurred at Kakao Games in which the personal information of 140 users was leaked.

Kakao Games announced the fact of a personal information leak on its official website. Screenshot of Kakao Games website.

On September 17, Kakao Games announced on its official website that the personal information of 140 users of its Partners and RINK services had been leaked. Partners is a program that supports content production for game promotion, while RINK is a service that allows users to remotely control games running on their PC via smartphone.

For the Partners service, third-party identification codes and third-party IDs used for external connections were leaked. For RINK, an identification code and, in some cases, a country code were leaked. Kakao Games explained, "The leaked information consists of internal identification values, and no leak involving highly sensitive personal information has been confirmed."

Kakao Games detected abnormal access by an external attacker who exploited a vulnerability in the service system at around 10:44 p.m. on September 12. The company then confirmed the leakage at approximately 12:50 a.m. on September 14. Immediately after recognizing the incident, it blocked the access route and conducted a system inspection. Currently, after reporting the incident to relevant authorities such as the Personal Information Protection Commission, the company is investigating the cause and scope of the incident in cooperation with an external security agency.

Users whose personal information was leaked have been individually notified of the incident via email. The company has also set up a website where users can check whether their information was compromised and has secured logs and evidence related to the incident.

A Kakao Games representative stated, "We are taking measures to prevent additional damage and are actively cooperating with the investigation being conducted by the relevant authorities. Once the exact extent of the damage is confirmed, we will provide users with guidance and take protection measures in accordance with related procedures. We apologize for the concern this incident has caused to our users."

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