”I'll show you BTS's seat”...Airline employee who sold flight information indicted in South Korea

Police have arrested an employee of a Hong Kong airline for accepting money in exchange for providing flight booking information for famous celebrities such as BTS.
The Seoul National Police Agency's Cyber Investigation Unit has arrested a Hong Kong airline employee who obtained the boarding information of dozens of celebrities and accepted money from them.
On the 24th, the agency announced that it was investigating the matter. Employee A is suspected of obtaining the information about famous celebrities' flights directly and disseminating it for the first time.
Employee A uses a business program that can search for boarding information for airlines around the world to find celebrities'
They reportedly obtained boarding information by entering names and dates of birth, and sold it. Specific information, such as the seat numbers of famous celebrities, was also sold for an inflated price.
It was reported that Employee A sold approximately 1,000 pieces of information, and the sales revenue exceeded 10 million won (approximately 1.04 million yen).
During the investigation, Employee A stated that he had committed the crime without monetary compensation at the request of an acquaintance, and then began selling the information in exchange for money.
Even after the investigation of Employee A, airline ticket information of famous celebrities continues to be leaked online, and police have found that there are other people besides Employee A who are distributing airline ticket information and receiving money.
Cases like this where someone illegally obtains and trades other people's airline ticket information are becoming more common, and celebrities are complaining about the damage caused by leaks of airline ticket information.
In June last year, an organization that made profits ranging from tens to hundreds of millions of won (millions to hundreds of millions of yen) by selling airline ticket information for celebrities was referred to prosecutors.
The group illegally traded airline ticket information for K-POP artists through chat rooms and direct messages. The illegally traded information included seating information and flight details for celebrities.
It was confirmed that the cards were used to change meals and cancel reservations without permission. Some of them also obtained seat information in advance and tried to board the same flight to contact the passengers.
It was confirmed that he had engaged in stalking and other acts of violence against women.