KOREA: LGE to pay damages for personal data leak

 

Hacker created computer program allowing others to view resumes of LG job applicants

The Korea Herald
Friday, January 4, 2008
The Seoul Central District Court yesterday ordered LG Electronics to pay 700,000 won ($747.40) in damages to each of 31 job applicants whose personal data were divulged from the company's recruitment website.

A total of 290 people filed a collective lawsuit against the company, but only 31 of them were affected by the hacking by a man surnamed Lim, according to the court.

Lim himself applied to the conglomerate in September 2006. He created a computer program that enables its users to view the resumes of all LG job applicants. He posted the program on an internet cafe. It remained on the site for 55 minutes before being removed by a website operator.

Date Posted: 1/4/2008