SK Telecom fined $97 mil. over April data breach

The Personal Information Protection Committee (PIPC) on Thursday fined SK Telecom 134.8 billion won ($96.9 million) over a massive user data breach in April. The penalty is the largest-ever fine imposed on a single company by the telecom regulator, surpassing the 69.2 billion won fine levied on Google in 2022 for collecting personal data without user consent. During a press briefing, PIPC Chairperson Ko Hak-soo said it held a general meeting on Wednesday and reached the decision along with an administrative penalty of 9.6 million won. He added that the committee also approved corrective measures to prevent recurrence, including a full system inspection, stronger security measures and an overhaul of company-wide personal data governance. SK Telecom reported the data breach on April 22 to the PIPC after detecting a large volume of data being transmitted outside its network on April 18. Following months of investigation, it was confirmed that more than 23 million SK Telecom users’ phone numbers, international mobile subscriber identity and 23 other types of universal subscriber identity mWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times