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Pandora TV Co. Ltd.

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www[.]pandora[.]tv
Country South Korea
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Pandora TV Co. Ltd., also known as Pandora TV, is a South Korean video sharing service. The company operates an online platform that enables users to upload, view, and share video content. Its primary market is domestic users within South Korea who seek a venue for user‑generated videos. The service provides standard video sharing functionalities such as account creation, video playback, and social interaction features like comments and ratings. No further details about additional product lines or international expansion are available in the source material.

In October 2014, Pandora TV experienced a significant data breach that affected approximately 7.45 million users. The breach exposed personal information including usernames, real names, encoded passwords, birth dates, physical addresses, email addresses, and mobile phone numbers. Over 114,000 specific data items were confirmed as having been leaked during the incident. The company did not collect social security numbers, so that identifier was not part of the compromised data. South Korea’s communications regulator responded by directing the organization to notify affected users to mitigate potential future damages.

The incident contributed to broader national concerns about systemic personal data vulnerabilities in South Korea. Pandora TV’s handling of the breach highlighted its role as a custodian of large volumes of user‑generated content and associated personal data. The service’s distinguishing attributes include its focus on the South Korean video sharing market and the scale of its user base at the time of the breach. No explicit information regarding the company’s ownership, parent‑subsidiary relationships, or corporate structure is provided in the source material. Consequently, any description of Pandora TV’s governance or affiliations must be based solely on the available facts about its service offering and the 2014 data breach.

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