Hack at AI vendor exposes data of 818 South Korean startup programme participants

Nov 13, 2026
Amicus Lex, one of 50 AI providers in the government's Everyone's Startup programme, leaked data on 20,028 people in total.

A hack at Amicus Lex, one of 50 AI solution providers in South Korea's "Everyone's Startup" programme, has exposed the names, phone numbers and email addresses of 818 participants, ChosunBiz reports. In total, data on 20,028 people held by Amicus Lex leaked. It is the second breach involving the programme.

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups subsidises participants' use of the AI tools, which help them test business ideas, and participants agree to share personal data with the providers to get accounts. Amicus Lex detected the intrusion on 11 November and blocked overseas access. The ministry has warned participants about follow-up phishing and asked the other AI providers to review their security and data handling.

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