Impact: The recent Cyworld-Nate security breaches once again sparked an old national debate over the online real-name system. The online real-name system was put in place in 2007 in order to hold individuals accountable for their actions in a cyberspace. The current policy of most businesses is to store user information entered into online portal sites for six months. Yet the rash of site hacking is causing a public uproar. To prevent further compromises, policy makers in Korea are discussing possible solutions such as abandoning the real-name policy over a period of time, simplifying the existing authentication process, and creating an alternative to national ID numbers. Any substantive changes in the real-name system, however, will take a long time to materialize since there are no apparent alternatives in hand.