SK Telecom data breach triggers criminal probe Capacity Media

pCapacity Media is part of techoraco techoraco Limited 4 Bouverie Street London EC4Y 8AX Registered in England Wales Company number 15236387ppCopyright techoraco and its affiliated companies 2025ppAccessibility Terms of Use Privacy Policy Modern Slavery StatementppCookies SettingsppIt also announced plans to request a criminal investigation because the company did not follow a data preservation order during the investigationppInvestigators checked all 42605 of SK Telecoms servers and found 28 infected with 33 types of malware more than found in a previous review The leaked information stayed the same covering 25 categories like phone numbers and subscriber IDsppThe timeline was also updated revealing the first infection is now believed to have started in August 2021 earlier than the previous estimate of June 2022ppThis comes as a joint team from the government and private sector led by the Ministry of Science and ICT found that SK Telecom failed to protect SIM card data and broke the Information and Communications Network ActppSK Telecoms current policy states customers dont have to pay a penalty if they cancel service due to the companys fault However as SK Telecom was at fault customers who want to leave should not be chargedppThe telecom giant also broke the Information and Communications Network Act by reporting the breach too late after the 24hour deadline which could lead to a fine of up to 30 million won under Article 76ppThe Ministry of Science and ICT had told SK Telecom to save data for analysis but the company handed over two servers in a state that made proper investigation impossible as a result the government plans to ask for a criminal investigationppLast month SK Telecom CEO Ryu Youngsang said the company could lose more than seven trillion won 51 billion over three years if the penalty fees are droppedppRELATED STORIESppSK Group chairman apologises for SK Telecom data breachppSK Group and AWS to build AI data centre in UlsanppAs a premium subscriber you can gift this article for freeppYou have reached the limit for gifting for this monthppThere was an error processing the request Please try again laterppCapacity Media is part of techoraco techoraco Limited 4 Bouverie Street London EC4Y 8AX Registered in England Wales Company number 15236387ppCopyright techoraco and its affiliated companies 2025ppAccessibility Terms of Use Privacy Policy Modern Slavery StatementppCookies Settingsp