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Personal data of 5,561 users may have been compromised: S. Korea's KT
Seoul, Sep 11: KT Corp. said on Thursday that personal data of over 5,500 users may have been compromised in a recent mobile payment breach, issuing a public apology for the failure at the country's second-largest mobile carrier.
Regulator to decide penalties for SK Telecom over major data leak next week
Seoul, Aug 21: The data protection regulator here said on Thursday it will hold a plenary meeting next week to decide penalties against SK Telecom Co. over a major data breach that affected tens of millions of customers.
SK Telecom's Q2 net income plunges after massive data breach
Seoul, Aug 6: SK Telecom, South Korea's leading wireless service provider, said on Wednesday its second-quarter net profit plunged 76.2 per cent from a year earlier due to the fallout from a massive data breach that affected its entire 25 million user base.
SK Telecom to resume new subscriptions after completion of USIM replacement
Seoul, June 23: The Ministry of Science and ICT here said on Monday it will lift a ban on new subscription sales by SK Telecom Co., following the mobile carrier's completion of universal subscriber identity module (USIM) replacements for its entire user base of 25 million.
SK Telecom to resume new eSIM-based subscriptions after data breach
Seoul, June 15: SK Telecom Co., South Korea's leading mobile carrier, is set to partially resume new subscription services limited to eSIM starting later this week, following a recent large-scale data breach, industry sources said on Sunday.
SK Telecom's Q1 net dips 0.1 pc on higher corporate taxes
Seoul, May 12: SK Telecom, South Korea's leading wireless service provider, said on Monday its first-quarter net profit edged down 0.1 per cent from a year earlier due to higher corporate taxes.
Acting president instructs govt to check SK Telecom's measures over data leak
Seoul, April 27: Acting President Han Duck-soo on Sunday instructed the government to check the adequacy of SK Telecom Co.'s response measures for a potential major leak of universal subscriber identity module (USIM) data.