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Telecommunications & Media
LG Uplus hacking cover-up probe drags on; Park Jung-hyun says it must not become a cold case
South Korean lawmaker Park Jung-hyun (박정현) urged police to conduct a strict investigation into allegations that LG Uplus covered up a hacking incident. Her office said the police probe into the disposal of a server and reinstallation of operating systems has continued for 10 months since the Ministry of Science and ICT requested an investigation. Authorities say those steps made technical and factual verification of a breach and possible data leak more difficult.
AI & Enterprise
Joint probe team uncovers 500 days of cyber breaches from big 3 telcos to Coupang and Tving
A joint public-private investigation team has spent the past 500 days probing cyber breaches that hit South Korea’s telecommunications and broadcasting industry. Its investigations covered SK Telecom’s USIM hacking incident, KT’s illegal femtocell-linked case and Tving’s account information leak, and it was also deployed to a Coupang breach. The team found repeated shortcomings in basic security practices such as account and authentication management, log retention and abnormal-sign detection, and identified cases of late or missing incident reporting.
Telecommunications & Media
South Korea ministry seeks police probe into LG Uplus over suspected server disposal
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT requested a police investigation into LG Uplus after confirming the company discarded a relevant server during a hacking probe. A senior official said LG Uplus submitted only one of two APPM servers to investigators. The APPM servers handled internal authentication. KISA had earlier relayed a tip about a hack involving the system. A US media report in August said a hacker group breached an LG Uplus contractor and accessed internal data. LG Uplus initially reported no intrusion but later faced criticism for updating or discarding servers after being alerted.