Office Depot Korea corporate shopping mall hacked; business customers' contact data leaked

According to Asia Times Korea, Office Depot in South Korea announced on April 24, 2026 that hackers broke into the server of its corporate shopping mall, leaking some business customers' personal data ^[1]. The incident occurred around April 9; leaked data include names, mall IDs, company and department names and email addresses, while resident numbers, mobile numbers, payment data and passwords were not leaked ^[1]. The company urges customers to beware of contacts whose sender cannot be verified and spam messages, and to avoid visiting unverified URLs ^[1].

Industries mainly affected: Retail, Cross-industry

1. Beware of contacts from unverifiable senders and spam messages ^[1].
2. Avoid visiting unverified URLs ^[1].