Hackers breach South Korean streaming platform Tving

Source: The Korea Herald

South Korean streaming platform Tving said that it had identified a data breach involving unauthorized access to users' personal information. In a notice posted on its website, the company said the compromised data may include user IDs, names, dates of birth, gender, mobile phone numbers and email addresses. Resident registration numbers and payment-related information were not exposed, according to the company. The breach was traced to an unidentified hacker who accessed a database containing personal information and transferred user data to an external location. Tving did not disclose the number of affected users. According to Mobile Index, a local app analytics service, Tving ranked third among major streaming platforms in the country by monthly active users as of April, with 7.7 million users. Full Story