Lee Jae Myung's passport data surfaces in online leak, KBS says

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's passport details spilled onto the internet — and they sat there for months. According to KBS, a file carrying the passport information of 168 people was posted on a paid website in early June. Lee was in that list, alongside his security officers and National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac.

The file went up under the plain-sounding name 'passenger list,' KBS reported, just days before Lee left on a European trip earlier this year. That June swing took him to Belgium and Italy, plus France for a Group of Seven leaders' summit.

KBS said it flagged the leak to South Korea's presidential Blue House after finding out about it. The office responded that it was examining the situation and intended to take immediate action, per the broadcaster's report.

What's still missing: how a confidential file like this got uploaded in the first place, and who — if anyone — pulled it down. KBS said neither question had a clear answer.

The leak lands on the president's own travel records and those of the people who guard him, which puts the focus squarely on how the Blue House handles sensitive documents.