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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.
AI & Enterprise
Privacy breach fines of up to 10 percent of revenue put telecoms\' security investment to the test
South Korea will enforce a revised Personal Information Protection Act from Sept. 11, allowing fines of up to 10 percent of total revenue for repeated or serious violations. Companies that repeatedly violate the law through intent or gross negligence, or cause harm to at least 10 million people, can face tougher penalties. The change raises pressure on the three mobile operators after hacking incidents last year, as fines could reach trillion-won levels depending on criteria.
Telecommunications & Media
PIPC fines KT 54 billion won, files complaint over obstruction
South Korea\'s Personal Information Protection Commission imposed a 53.98 billion won fine on KT over a personal data leak that led to unauthorised micropayment losses. It said actual financial damage was a major factor, but reflected the relatively small scale of the leak and limited data types. The watchdog also decided to file a complaint over KT\'s failure to report malware and alleged obstruction during the probe, and requested an investigation into LG Uplus over server actions.
