00:00that should worry every parent with a kid in college right now.
00:03Over the past five years, from 2022 through July of this year,
00:07nearly 2.8 million people had their personal data leaked from South Korean universities.
00:13Add the Sogang University hack from earlier this month, which hit over 180,000 more people.
00:19And the total climbs to almost 2.96 million.
00:23Now here's the number that really stands out.
00:26Last year, the Ministry of Education and Regional Education offices, the government side,
00:31had zero hacking incidents. Zero.
00:35Universities, on the other hand, had nine separate breaches.
00:39This comes from data submitted by the Ministry of Education to Representative Kim Min-jean's office.
00:44So why are universities such an easy target?
00:47Analysts point to one simple reason.
00:50Universities hold on to huge amounts of data for a very long time.
00:53Not just current students, but alumni records and research data that can sit in a database for years.
01:00That makes them a much softer target than tightly controlled government systems.
01:05Let's break down what this actually means, from four different angles.
01:09From a policy standpoint, Representative Kim is calling for a full inspection of university security systems,
01:15along with dedicated budget and expert staffing.
01:18But right now, that's a proposal.
01:20Not a confirmed government plan.
01:23Nothing has been finalized yet.
01:25From an institutional standpoint, this exposes a structural problem.
01:29Universities are essentially data warehouses without the security budgets of a bank or a government agency.
01:35Nine breaches in one year, against zero for the education authorities themselves,
01:40tells you where the weak link is.
01:41From an everyday impact standpoint, if you or your kids attended one of these schools,
01:46your personal information could already be out there.
01:49But which universities, and whether you're personally affected, isn't something this report tells us.
01:54So if you're wondering whether your own data is exposed, the honest answer is,
01:59this article alone can't tell you that.
02:02Here's the one line to remember.
02:04The institutions holding the most personal data for the longest time are, right now, the least protected.
02:11That's based on reporting by Yang Chiu-min for the Seoul Economic Daily.
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