O-Score proof
South Korea issues new passports for President Lee and the first lady after passport data on 168 people sat on a paid malware-scanning website for about five months
8O-Score8 · Barely covered1 of 13 major U.S. outlets by our publish date · See proof →Method note: Score reflects coverage as of publish date; changed Nov 2, 2026. Only articles dated on or before our publish date (Nov 3, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Status history (2 events, ET)
- O-Score check: 8 (Barely covered) · 1 of 13 outlets counted
- Published
The math
- Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
- Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 1.
- 1 found → O-Score 8 (Barely covered). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered ← this story | 1 outlet |
| 6, 5 | Lightly covered | 2 outlets (6) · 3 outlets (5) |
| 4, 3 | Covered | 4 outlets (4) · 5 outlets (3) |
| 2, 1, 0 | Widely covered | 6–7 outlets (2) · 8–10 outlets (1) · 11–13 outlets (0) |
Checked Nov 3, 2026, 8:21 PM ET · coverage window: 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03 (30 days, built around this story’s publish date of 2026-11-03). Scored after publication.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| Reuters | Found: South Korea investigates leak of President Lee's passport details (2026-11-02) | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| The New York Times | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| The Washington Post | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| The Wall Street Journal | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| CNN | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| Fox News | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| NBC News | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| CBS News | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| ABC News | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| NPR | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| USA Today | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
| Bloomberg | Not found | Lee Jae Myung passport leak South Korea passport leak president VirusTotal passport |
Pickups
We published: Nov 3, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Check history
| Checked (ET) | Check | O-Score | Confirmed outlets | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026, 8:21 PM ET | initial | 8 Barely covered | 1 | No change |
Search terms
“Lee Jae Myung passport leak”, “South Korea passport leak president”, “VirusTotal passport”
Method
- google-news site: (3 term variants per outlet)
- bing-news site: (3 term variants per outlet)
- editor read of every candidate headline
- direct open of possible matches where the outlet allows it
A match counts only if the outlet’s own article is about this story, not a passing mention. “Not found” means not found by these methods; search engines index only part of each site. Stories are rechecked daily for pickups; the score itself is locked to coverage as of our publish date.