Robert Lee reports:
The number of leaked Korean social security numbers available online is likely to skyrocket as a massive social network hacking attack left more than three quarters of the nation exposed.
A quick search using the keywords, “Korean social security numbers,” on Baidu, a Chinese Internet search engine, showed about 1.39 million results.
And sites like these offer stolen identities for as little as 100 won ($.09), complete with social security numbers, addresses, cell phone numbers and even when and what kind of credit card the owner registered for.
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One link contained a document which included names and social security numbers of Korean residents here, and in just 10 days, the site was viewed over 2,200 times with the document downloaded more than 130 times. The only thing stopping certain disaster for the owners was a disclaimer on the site saying “Please only use for games, do not use it for other illegal purposes.”
Also being tossed around on these sites are Korean social security number generators, by which one can access numbers of more than 5,000 registered Korean residents.
Read more on The Korea Herald.