Hackers leak data of over 300,000 K Box members

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The police have launched investigations after the personal details of hundreds of thousands of karaoke company K Box’s customers were yesterday put up for public download by hackers who breached the company’s membership database.

The list containing details such as the mobile numbers, identification card numbers and addresses of more than 317,000 K Box members was leaked as a protest against the Government’s announcement last week that it would match Malaysia’s toll hikes at the Causeway starting Oct 1, said the hackers, who call themselves The Knowns.

They also threatened to steal information from the databases of other Singapore companies, if their demands against the Government are not met.

The Personal Data Protection Committee said it has contacted K Box to investigate the matter.

In an email sent at 4.17am yesterday to various parties, including MediaCorp, the hackers criticised the Government’s decision to raise toll charges, causing “an unnecessary financial burden on working Malaysians”. “If nothing is done to ease the burden then no Singaporean will be safe, we will continue to release more databases of Singapore companies. We had (sic) done it before and will do it again,” they wrote.

Yesterday, all 10 individuals listed in the leaked list randomly picked and contacted by TODAY confirmed that their details were accurate and expressed concern about the incident.

In a letter posted on its Facebook page last night, K Box said it had managed to remove the stolen data and links from at least three websites.

“We are conducting a full internal investigation, and have provided the PDPC and Singapore Police Force with our fullest cooperation,” said K Box chief operating officer Priscilla Ng in the letter.