"Buying i-Pins, 100,000 won per one. We are using it for increasing numbers for online members. We do 10, 100 bulk purchases. Make transactions at the company you can trust."
There are i-PIN wanted posters posted on traffic lights and streets near Seoul Guru Digital Complex Station.
After the incident of 750,000 i-PINs being hacked and distributed last weel, it has been revealed that there had been ongoing illegal i-PIN transactions within the country. This proves that i-PIN has lost its function as the alternate for resident identification numbers. It seems the credibility of i-PIN will be almost impossible to recover.
It was notified that the 750,000 i-PINs that were illegally issued were deleted. However, the exposed ones are still being transacted and so are the normal individual i-PINs as well.
To find out how people purchase i-PINs, we made the contact to the number on the poster. Once the seller lets the buyer know i-PIN ID and password, the buyer says he will deposit 100,000 won to seller’s bank account. And they add saying that this was solely for increasing number of members for an online game so the seller need not to worry. They also ask for age of the seller, and tell they do not take minors’ i-PINs. They lures people by saying the more i-PINs, more money they will get.
The illegally transacted i-PINs have been revealed to be use for online fraud/scam and illegal advertising and commercials.
According to ‘Citizen Registration Act’ 10th of article 37 and ‘the law regarding the promotion of information and communication network use and protection of information’ 11th of article 71, anyone who has misused or illegally used i-PIN will receive criminal punishment.