[2] In 2010, Tablo of Korean hip-hop trio Epik High alleged that allkpop had been sharing pirated links to the group's Epilogue album, including "a leaked music video of 'Run' and illegal streaming of all our songs" on his personal Twitter account.

In 2013, scandal broke out again when solo K-pop artist Ailee's private, nude pictures were leaked with the allkpop logo posted across blurred photos in their coverage.

[5] After facing backlash and lost follower counts, allkpop CEO Johnny Noh and staff member Matt Kim posted responses on their respective Twitter accounts.

"[8] A week later, on November 18, Lee admitted it is his voice in the Dispatch call in which he attempted to sell nude photos of his ex-girlfriend but denied he leaked the pictures to his own publication.

Speaking to SBS' One Night of TV Entertainment program where he did not reveal his face, Lee corroborated 6Theory Media's statement that while he did have the phone call, he did not publish the photos to his workplace's website.