Personal data of 300,000 K Box clients surfaces online
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Personal data of 300,000 K Box Singapore clients surfaces online
SINGAPORE - The personal data of over 300,000 customers of karaoke chain K Box Singapore have been posted online.
At least five customers have confirmed with The Straits Times that the leaked database contains their names, addresses and mobile phone and identity card numbers, although some information is outdated. Details of celebrities who are members of the karaoke chain also appear to have been posted. K Box membership numbers and loyalty points earned were also exposed.
Several Government bodies including the Personal Data Protection Commission and the Police told The Straits Times that they are looking into the incident.
Early on Tuesday morning, a group which called itself "The Knowns" sent out an e-mail to media outlets, including to The Straits Times, saying that it was releasing the database to show its displeasure over recent increases in toll charges at the Woodlands Checkpoint.
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Confirm don't have me, because I don't visit K box.
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SINGAPORE - The personal data of over 300,000 customers of karaoke chain K Box Singapore have been posted online.
At least five customers have confirmed with The Straits Times that the leaked database contains their names, addresses and mobile phone and identity card numbers, although some information is outdated. Details of celebrities who are members of the karaoke chain also appear to have been posted. K Box membership numbers and loyalty points earned were also exposed.
Police have confirmed that a report has been lodged and are looking into the matter.
Early on Tuesday morning, a group which called itself "The Knowns" sent out an e-mail to media outlets, including to The Straits Times, saying that it was releasing the database to show its displeasure over recent increases in toll charges at the Woodlands Checkpoint.
It said the increases were "an unnecessary financial burden on working Malaysians", and threatened to "attack and expose" the databases of more Singapore companies if nothing was done to reverse the charges.
A representative of Kbox said it is investigating if its system had been hacked.
K Box, which was previously owned by Singaporean David Wong, was sold to Koshidaka Holdings, which runs karaoke chains in Japan, in February this year.
The Land Transport Authority said on Friday that from Oct 1, Singapore will revise toll charges on this side of the Causeway to match the ones set by Malaysia. The toll for cars leaving Singapore will be $3.80, more than triple the current $1.20. A new toll of $2.70 will be imposed on cars entering Singapore.
The Republic has a long-standing policy of matching its toll charges at the Causeway and Second Link to those set by Malaysia. The Malaysian authorities had raised its toll charges earlier in August.
A K Box member who wanted to be known only as Ms Lin, 26, was shocked that her private details, including her NRIC number, surfaced online. She added: "I haven't used that membership card in more than 10 years."
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like damn no link loh
ktv and toll charges.........
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Karaoke chain K Box says it is conducting internal probe into data leak
SINGAPORE - Karaoke chain K Box said it is conducting a full internal probe into the hacking of its membership database, calling the breach a "deplorable act".
The personal data of 317,000 K Box customers was exposed on Tuesday following a security breach, with the firm facing possible sanctions for lax security.
Privacy watchdog, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC), said it is "concerned about the scale" of the alleged breach.
"We are conducting a full internal investigation, and have provided the PDPC and Singapore Police Force with our fullest cooperation," said K Box's Chief Operating Officer Priscilla Ng in a statement issued late Tuesday.
"Steps are being taken to remove the stolen data and hold those responsible for this deplorable act wholly accountable to the fullest extent of the law," she added.
"We wish to assure you that controls and safeguards are in place in protecting your data and we take your data privacy very seriously," she said in the statement.
The leaked data included names, addresses and mobile-phone and identity card numbers, although some are outdated.
K Box members have expressed anger over the leak.
One of them, university student Ms Lee, 20, said she is thinking of making a police report.
"All my private information is in the list. I keep thinking about the things people could do with the information obtained," she told The Straits Times.
"This shows a serious lapse in K Box's security system."
The perpetrators belong to a group which called itself "The Knowns". It sent an e-mail to media outlets, including The Straits Times, on Tuesday morning, saying that it was releasing the data to show its displeasure over recent increases in toll charges at the Woodlands Checkpoint.
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Why hack into this?
Got meaning?
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why so many ppl go k box? 300,000??!!
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How you think Kbox survive?
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karaoke damn good business.
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over dunno how many years accumulate de mah
reasonable lah
but then i prefer partyworld to kbox
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I never go for more than 7 years orledi.