[Dataloss] KR: GS Caltex Leaked Personal Data of 11 Mln Customers

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http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&biid=2008090631088

Two multimedia discs containing the personal information of 11.1 million 
customers of GS Caltex, one of the nation`s largest oil refineries, was 
found on the street, police said yesterday.

Police have not yet confirmed any damage caused by the leak, but this is 
considered the country's largest leak of its kind given the number of 
people involved.

The Cyber Terror Response Center of the National Police Agency dispatched 
two detectives to GS Caltex headquarters in southern Seoul to investigate.

The discs -- one DVD and a CD-Rom which are believed to have been thrown 
away -- were found early this month by an office worker in a backstreet.s 
trash pile near Gangnam subway station in Seoul.

The DVD contained 76 files in a folder named .GS Caltex,. including the 
names, social security numbers, addresses, cell phone numbers, email 
addresses and workplaces of customers sorted by age. The CD-Rom is 
believed to be a sample of the DVD as it contains only a few people.s 
personal data.

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