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South Korea's GS Retail hit by credential stuffing attack, PIPC launches inquiry

By Jenny Lee ( January 6, 2025, 09:11 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea's retail giant GS Retail has reported a major data breach potentially affecting more than 90,000 individuals, prompting the country's privacy watchdog to launch a fact-finding inquiry. The breach notification, filed to the Personal Information Protection Commission today, will be reviewed to confirm the accuracy of the company’s claims about the number of affected customers and to determine whether GS Retail complied with the mandatory 72-hour breach reporting requirement.South Korea's retail giant GS Retail has reported a major data breach potentially affecting more than 90,000 individuals, prompting the country's privacy watchdog to launch a fact-finding inquiry....

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