Korean startup-program AI vendor Amicusrex hacked; data of 20,028 people leaked, including 818 participants

Yonhap reports South Korea's startups ministry said on Nov 13 that an AI solutions company supporting a government startup program detected a hacking attack on Wednesday (Nov 11) that compromised personal data of 20,028 people, including 818 program participants ^[1]. The Kyunghyang Shinmun identifies the company as Amicusrex, the AI solution provider for the second round of "Everyone's Startup"; leaked data includes users' names, phone numbers and email addresses ^[2][1]. Sources have not stated specific actions for affected people; they note only that the ministry announced security measures for the program in July after a separate June leak affecting 5,000 participants ^[1].

Industries mainly affected: Government, Technology

1. Sources have not stated actions for affected people; watch for further notices from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups ^[1].