Hong Kong Airline Employee Caught Selling BTS' Flight Info
Feb 24, 2025
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Channel A said on the 24th that a woman in her 30s living in Hong Kong was investigated by police for allegedly stealing boarding information of dozens of popular celebrities such as BTS from 2023 to last year," he reported.
The woman was found to be an employee of an overseas airline, and she is suspected of finding boarding information herself and distributing it for the first time.
The woman accessed a business program that can search for boarding information of airlines around the world and found out the boarding information by entering the celebrity's name and date of birth.
Specific information such as famous celebrities such as BTS and plane seat numbers was sold for more money. It is reported that about 1,000 pieces of information were handed over like this, and sales revenue was more than 10 million won.
This woman "first at the request of an acquaintance, then sold it for money."," he reportedly told the police.
Even after the flight attendant investigation, the idol's flight ticket information is continuously leaked online, and police are reportedly tracking the existence of another wholesaler in addition to the woman.
The woman was found to have used a business program to search airline boarding information around the world to find out the flight information by entering the celebrity's name and date of birth, and then sold it on social media at various prices ranging from 1,000 won to 20,000 won per case. About 1,000 cases of information were sold, and the profits from this are known to be over 10 million won. The police are expanding their investigation with the possibility of additional accomplices in mind in addition to this employee.
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