60 million won damage to the phishing e-mail impersonating the organizing committee. When I was in the executive department of the Skillful Fraud Act, I received some compensation for the return
Sep 06, 2025
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In January, ahead of the sixth competition of the 2025-2026 season of the short track world tour, the ice skating federation sent 39 million won after receiving an e-mail request for a stay and a deposit account, and sent 21 million won for the third competition of the short track junior world cup, which suffered 60 million won in damage after it was found to be a phishing e-mail impersonating the organizing committee of the competition.
As the matter became controversial, the Ice Federation expressed its position in a press release 'Announcement of its position on the damage of the Korean Ice Federation phishing scam reported on September 4th' After drawing a line saying, "'Let me first clarify that this incident occurred in January 2025 when the current executive branch was inaugurated and the former chairman was in office, the current executive branch (under the Lee Soo-kyung's system) confirmed the relevant facts and immediately launched an internal investigation after taking office on February 25, and is expediting the necessary procedures, such as reporting them to the police.'"
It was belatedly confirmed that the remittance was made twice (worth about 60 million won in total) by phishing e-mails impersonating the organizing committee of the 6th ISU Short Track World Tour and the 3rd ISU Junior Short Track World Cup in the 2025-2026 season. It was difficult for the person in charge to recognize the damage at the time because the invoice form, e-mail address, and the name of the official organizing committee were forged the same as or similar to the actual organizing committee. The phishing scammer was aware of the mail exchanged between the official organizing committee and the federation, and the official organizing committee responded with the same e-mail address and the name of the person in charge, deftly intercepted the communication channel and charged the federation for expenses. "After the person in charge deposited the cost of participating in the competition, such as accommodation expenses, into the phishing scam account, the actual organizing committee did not deposit "'It was finally revealed that it was phishing damage in July during the process of being contacted and checked several times. ' As a result, the federation reported the information to the police and immediately conducted an inspection of security and business processes to prevent recurrence' he said. 'Currently, the amount of damage from the 3rd ISU Junior Short Track World Cup is recognized as a phishing scam and the amount of damage from the 6th ISU Short Track World Tour is being returned, and we are continuously working to return the damage from the 6th ISU Short Track World Tour event.'"
The Ice Rink Federation then pledged that the incident was a criminal damage caused by the previous executive before the inauguration of the current executive, and that the current executive has taken strong countermeasures as soon as it recognized the fact since its inauguration, and that it will come up with thorough measures to prevent similar cases from repeating in the future. Taking this opportunity, the Korea Skating Union will do its best to strengthen internal management and supervision of the operation of international competitions and the overall process of remittance to foreign countries so that the dispatch of athletes and international affairs can be carried out more transparently and safely. We will share the above position and incident progress so that other member sports organizations and institutions are not affected by similar phishing as above.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
