( June 19, 2026, 05:08 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Tving’s recent data breach has been confirmed to have affected 19.5 million individuals, according to materials submitted to Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Lee Jeong-heon by South Korea’s privacy and ICT authorities. The figure is more than 6.5 million above the government’s initial estimate and makes the incident the country’s third-largest personal-data breach, after Coupang and SK Telecom. The lawmaker said in a statement the breached data included IDs, names, birth dates, passwords, refund account numbers and CI/DI identifiers, raising concerns about identity theft and follow-on financial crime. Authorities are examining why the breach exceeded Tving’s paid and active user base, including whether dormant, deleted or partner-created accounts were improperly retained.Statement follows (in Korean):...
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