Yesterday, fans as well as RM were ṩḧöċḳed at the news that he had his personal information stolen as well as being followed for 3 years without even knowing it. This behavior was carried out by an employee of a subway company and was discovered recently.
Currently, the company KORAIL - the shipping line has suspended this employee and is taking further investigation steps. However, through SBS's news, fans seem to be very angry and ask Bł₲ Ⱨł₮ Music to step in to protect RM and punish the guilty.
This morning, Bł₲ Ⱨł₮ Music has responded to the press and publicly with fans about their reaction to this serious incident:
On March 2, Bł₲ Ⱨł₮ Music, BTS's management company, informed Newsen of its official position on the case of Korail A employees accessing RM's personal information. According to reports in SBS's last night news - '8 News', mentioned employee A stole RM's personal information (ticket information, address, mobile phone number, etc.) 3 years.
Mr. A checked RM's booking history and went to meet RM in person at the location he investigated. Not only that, but he is also reported to have shared RM's personal information with the people around him. The person who received the news was also suspicious and reported it to his company to conduct an investigation.
Specifically, A's friend reported receiving information from employee A and this staff said to him that "I checked RM’s reservation details and I went to see him in person. My friend informed me where RM was sitting so that I could pick a nearby seat". The declarant informed KORAIL company and they carried out an internal investigation, confirmed admits that Person A abused his position of power and hacked into their päṩṩenger database.
This employee collected RM's home address, personal phone number as well as travel itinerary because he worked in the IT department of this company. The Korail Audit Committee then recommended the suspension of employee A and interrogation. Meanwhile, A said about his actions that:
However, in the face of a serious incident related to personal information and customer security, some netizens who saw this news criticized KORAIL's response to its unreasonable words and actions. They claimed that: "Doesn't employee A's actions violate the Personal Information Protection Act?".
Faced with the backlash from fans and netizens asking for RM's privacy and safety, Bł₲ Ⱨł₮ Music this morning released their official statement regarding the matter. According to Bł₲ Ⱨł₮, they said that: “We will take all the necessary measures in protecting our artists after confirming the details.”
This is considered reasonable given that RM's personal rights have been seriously violated and monitored for many years without even knowing it. Last night, RM also learned about the news and expressed his bewilderment through an Instagram story.
Fans believe that Bł₲ Ⱨł₮ should take strict ℓєgαℓ measures to severely punish the person who invaded RM's privacy:
- They need to arrest the person that he was giving that info to as well
- Sue them
- It’s never should’ve been able to happen, that’s scary!
- sent him to jail.. i dont care how big нιт music will do... but just do it..
- THROW THEIR A** IN JAIL HYBE
- I hope this stalker gets sent to jail. You can’t just say you were “curious” and get off with a suspension. This stalker was curious 18 times!!!
- GOOOOD. Justice shall prevail.
- SINCE 2019!?!??? WTF FOR 3 YEARS!?!????
- Namjoon doesn't deserve this, joonie and other members need to be protected at any cost.
- We are calling Korail & @korea_land to get to the bottom of this & fix the problem, so no one should fall victim to this ever again in the future.
- Like this is very c̾r̾e̾e̾p̾y ̾. Some serious stalker sh*t
This is not the first time RM has been the victim of a personal information leak. At the end of last year, RM visited Hwaeomsa Temple on a personal schedule and chatted with Venerable Deokmun. Then, without consulting first, Monk Deokmoon revealed a photo taken with RM as well as some content of a conversation with RM through a media interview.
Fans expressed regret and anger at RM's "Poppy Hill" status being violated, following the case of the abbot of Hwaeomsa Temple and the controversy over Korail staff!