Outsourcing takes the blame, Yahoo LINE leaks information of 57,000 employees

According to news from this site on February 14, Yahoo LINE announced today that South Korean outsourcing company has been illegally accessed, and the information of about 57,000 LINE employees may have been leaked , it has not yet been confirmed whether any user or business partner information has been leaked.

After the LINE application leaked user information in November 2023, the company’s lax information management was exposed one after another.

According to Yahoo LINE officials, between August and November 2023, two Korean companies that outsourced received unauthorized access and third-party intrusions, 57,611 employee email addresses, Phone numbers and photos may be leaked. It has not yet been confirmed whether secondary damage was caused by the use of employee information.

Yahoo LINE announced in November 2023 that its servers had been attacked and that LINE app user information may have been leaked, in part because of some systems the company shared with its major shareholder, South Korean internet giant Naver. It was initially said that about 440,000 pieces of user information may have been leaked, but the latest information revealed today that this number has increased to about 510,000.

According to the announcement, in order to prevent information leakage from happening again, Yahoo LINE will cooperate with external parties to review the security risk assessment methods of outsourcing companies. In addition to auditing outsourcing companies that caused information leaks, officials also required strengthening the information management system.

Yahoo LINE said: "We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and concern caused to you. We will work hard to prevent similar situations from happening again."

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