Police moved to request the removal of posts on a major Chinese online shopping mall advertising the sale of Korean accounts.
According to police on the 5th, the Korean National Police Agency requested the deletion of the related posts on the Chinese online shopping mall Taobao through the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).
Chinese online malls such as Taobao have continued to carry posts claiming to sell Korean accounts for domestic online platforms including Coupang, Musinsa, and CJ Olive Young. Posts related to Coupang have been deleted, but Musinsa accounts and Olive Young accounts are still being sold for 128 yuan (about 26,600 won) and 388 yuan (about 80,000 won), respectively.
Chinese sellers were found to possess not only Koreans' IDs and passwords but also real names, mobile phone numbers, and dates of birth.
Police plan to continue requesting removals through ongoing online monitoring.