EBS Online Class 'Security Hole' Allows External Access... Ministry of Education "Blocking Access"

Ministry of Education: "Blocking Class Access via URLs for Unregistered Classes"

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] A security breach occurred in the EBS Online Class system, where individuals who were neither students nor teachers falsely verified information to register and access the platform.

On the 19th, the Ministry of Education released a press reference stating, "Access to classes through URLs of classes not registered for has been blocked."

This measure was taken belatedly after a security loophole was revealed, allowing outsiders who were not students to freely participate in classes as long as they had the class URL. It was found that there were no restrictions on entering video classes or other sessions with just an ID.

In addition to this security issue, frequent errors have occurred in the EBS Online Class system since the start of the new semester. Problems such as connection delays, progress rate not displaying, and screen display errors have persisted, making it difficult to conduct classes. It was found that devices running older versions of iOS, such as iPhones or iPads, experienced issues where the progress rate was not being tracked. Even three weeks after the new semester began, errors in EBS Online Class continued to occur.

At a briefing the previous day, Deputy Minister of Education Jeong Jong-cheol said, "The progress rate tracking issue was due to malfunctions on iPhone devices, and in cases where schools' firewall settings caused access to be blocked as a security breach, as well as issues such as teachers' voices not being heard, we understand there are difficulties on site. We have activated an emergency response system and are identifying daily inconveniences and malfunctions on site, working overnight if necessary to apply patches."

The Ministry of Education explained, "We are communicating in real time with schools and responding promptly to errors and inconveniences reported through on-site monitoring centered on the emergency situation room, call centers, and bulletin boards."

Meanwhile, as of 10 a.m. that day, the maximum number of simultaneous users on EBS Online Class was 136,873, with 42,655 users participating in video classes.

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