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Korean Air Says Employee Data Exposed After Supplier Hack

The airline says customer information remains unaffected, with the scale of the leak still under review.

Overview

  • KC&D, Korean Air's in-flight catering supplier and former subsidiary, was hacked and notified the airline of a leak involving employee information.
  • Korean Air confirms data on KC&D servers included employee names and phone numbers, and an internal memo referenced bank account numbers in an ERP system.
  • Local outlets report roughly 30,000 records were taken, a figure the company has not verified as it works to determine the full scope.
  • The airline says it implemented emergency security checks, reported the incident to authorities, and urged employees to watch for phishing and payment scams.
  • No customer data appears affected, and the incident comes as South Korea sees multiple corporate breaches, with researchers noting Clop has claimed the KC&D attack.