Regulator to decide penalties for SK Telecom over major data leak next week

The data protection regulator said Thursday it will hold a plenary meeting next week to decide penalties against SK Telecom over a major data breach that affected tens of millions of customers. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said it will convene the closed-door session next Wednesday to review proposed penalties against the country's largest telecom operator by user numbers. The results, however, may not be finalized if the commission's members require further discussions. In April, SK Telecom belatedly reported the breach, in which universal subscriber identity module (USIM) data was potentially leaked during a cyberattack on its servers, prompting the company to offer free USIM replacements to around 25 million users. The regulator earlier wrapped up an investigation into the data breach and notified SK Telecom of its planned measures late last month. Under the personal information protection law, companies can be fined up to 3 percent of their total sales, although sales from areas unrelated to the violation can be excluded from the calculation. Considering SK TelWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times