Yes24 ransomware, possible personal-data leak

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What happened next22 events

Response: 11 events

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  1. Second outage of about seven hours, restored from backup
  2. Second ransomware attack; systems cut off and KISA notified
  3. Apology posted with the first compensation plan
  4. Customer notice on possible leak: no leak found at that point, affected items (name, ID, contact, address) to be notified individually if confirmed
  5. Leak report filed with the PIPC citing abnormal member-information lookups
6 more
  1. Administrator accounts recovered; service restoration began
  2. Statement naming ransomware as the cause, with an apology; it said no member data had leaked
  3. Incident reported to KISA
  4. All services (books, tickets, eBook, e-library, Sarak) unavailable
  5. Press reported Yes24 restored its services by paying the attacker cryptocurrency worth several billion won; Yes24 has never said whether this is true
  6. KISA technical-support results (time of report, cause, remedies) sent to Yes24 around autumn 2025; press names unsupported Windows Server 2012 among the causes
Company
Yes24
When it happened
Company detected it
Made public
Notice
Possible leak
Affected
unknown; abnormal member-information lookups reported

How the facts developed

  1. Notice that, if a leak is confirmed, affected customers will be told individually which items leaked, naming name, ID, contact and address (press)
  2. Statement naming ransomware as the cause and saying no member data had leaked (press)

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