South Korean edtech firm i-Scream Media leaks member data including teachers' school details

i-Scream Media said it confirmed on March 8, 2026 that some members' personal data had leaked, reported it to KISA and the PIPC, and is still investigating when and how ^[1]. Leaked items include IDs, names, emails, nicknames, birth dates, gender and mobile numbers, sometimes with school names, addresses and phone numbers, while passwords and payment data were not leaked; according to Electronic Times, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union demanded disclosure of the scale ^[1][2]. i-Scream Media asks members to be especially careful with contacts of unclear origin and suspicious emails or texts, and to check whether they were affected via the notice's lookup function ^[1].

Industries mainly affected: Education

1. Be careful with calls of unclear origin and suspicious emails or texts ^[1].
2. Use the notice's exposure lookup to check whether you were affected .