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On the 4th morning, shares of major domestic game company Netmarble are down more than 3%. The decline comes after news that additional cases of personal data leaks were confirmed following last month's breach.

As of 9:37 a.m. on the 4th, Netmarble is trading at 51,800 won, down 1,700 won (3.18%) from the previous session on the Korea Exchange.

On the 3rd, Netmarble said it had additionally confirmed 8,048 cases of personal data leaks during its investigation into a recent external hacking incident. The leaked information included users' resident registration numbers.

Earlier, on the 27th, Netmarble disclosed first-phase internal findings that its game portal site had been hacked, leaking information on about 6.11 million customers and employees. The first-phase probe said sensitive information such as resident registration numbers had not been leaked.

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