Korean coppers plug data leak

INSPECTOR KNACKER of the Seoul Yard has fingered the collars of four people after what is being called South Korea's largest-ever data leak.

The four, including two employees of a subsidiary of refiner GS Caltex, nicked the data of more than 11 million punters , the National Police Agency said.

A CD and DVD containing the names, social security numbers and email addresses of 11 million GS Caltex customers were found by hacks in piles of garbage in Seoul.

However the data planting was all a cunning plan by one of the suspects who had exposed the leak to the media in a publicity stunt aimed at boosting the market value of the data.

A 28-year-old man who worked in a GS Caltex-run call centre had stolen the customer information from the firm's database and made six copies on CDs and DVDs, Korean coppers claim.

A female GS Caltex employee and two of Jeong's friends helped him commit the crime that occurred between July and August. µ

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AP