South Korea to issue new passports to presidential delegation after data leak The country's Foreign Ministry will replace the passports after the personal data of 168 people, including President Lee Jae-myung, the first lady, senior officials, security personnel and journalists were exposed to the public. A file with names, positions, dates of birth and passport data was uploaded to the VirusTotal service on June 2 and remained available for about five months. ◀ The authorities deleted the file and opened an investigation. According to the initial version, the leak could have occurred while working with documents, and not as a result of a hacker attack.

South Korea to issue new passports to presidential delegation after data leak The country's Foreign Ministry will replace the passports after the personal data of 168 people, including President Lee Jae-myung, the first lady, senior officials, security personnel and journalists were exposed to the public. A file with names, positions, dates of birth and passport data was uploaded to the VirusTotal service on June 2 and remained available for about five months. ◀ The authorities deleted the file and opened an investigation. According to the initial version, the leak could have occurred while working with documents, and not as a result of a hacker attack.