2025 LG Electronics — Ninefive subcontractor hack; ~584 employees' contact data
Data compromised
Employee names, mobile numbers, and email identifiers per The Elec reporting
Technical writeup
Korea trade press reported a late-2025 intrusion against electronics subcontractor Ninefive that LG publicly connected to the leak of roughly five hundred eighty workforce names, mobile numbers, and corporate emails, with LG messaging stressing customer databases were out of scope. BreachHistory indexes this as a supply-chain workforce exposure adjacent to LG’s global manufacturing footprint.
Root cause
Compromise of subcontractor systems holding LG employee contact rosters