Police have launched a pre-charge investigation into a personal data breach involving the parcel delivery service of CU convenience stores.
The Cyber Terror Response Division of the National Office of Investigation under the Korean National Police Agency said Wednesday that it "launched a pre-charge investigation on the 6th to comprehensively determine the overall facts of the case related to the CU convenience store parcel data breach and to swiftly apprehend the suspects."
Police plan to confirm how the personal data was leaked and the scale of the damage, while also promptly carrying out the procedures necessary to identify and track those involved.
Earlier, the CU convenience store parcel delivery service operated by BGF Networks had stirred controversy after evidence emerged that customers' personal information, including names, contact numbers and addresses, had been leaked.
