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South Korea's largest card issuer reports insider data breach affecting 192,000

By Jenny Lee ( December 23, 2025, 07:54 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea's largest credit-card issuer has disclosed a data breach affecting 192,000 individuals, the latest security failure to strike a country reeling from a cascade of major data incidents. Shinhan Card notified the Personal Information Protection Commission on Tuesday of the breach, which exposed the mobile phone numbers of merchant account holders. Some records also included names, dates of birth and gender information, the company said in a public apology.South Korea's largest credit-card issuer has disclosed a data breach affecting 192,000 individuals, the latest security failure to strike a country reeling from a cascade of major data incidents....

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