SK Telecom files lawsuit to revoke record 135 blnwon fine over data breach Yonhap News Agency

pAll HeadlinesppNorth KoreappSportsppTop NewsppMost ViewedppKorean Newspaper HeadlinesppToday in Korean HistoryppYonhap News SummaryppEditorials from Korean DailiesppURL is copiedpp SEOUL Jan 19 Yonhap SK Telecom Co South Koreas largest mobile carrier has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a record 135 billionwon US91 million fine handed down by the state data protection regulator over a massive data leak last year that affected its entire 23 million user base industry sources said Mondaypp SK Telecom filed the suit with the Seoul Administrative Court on Monday afternoon just a day ahead of the deadline given to the company to seek a revocation of the decision by the Personal Information Protection Commission PIPC made in August last year according to the sourcespp The PIPC had imposed the fine on SK Telecom about four months after the wireless carrier belatedly disclosed a major leak of universal subscriber identity module USIM data from its servers The disclosure prompted the company to offer free USIM replacements to all of its users and an investigation by the regulatorpp It marked the highestever penalty imposed by the PIPC since its launch in 2020 surpassing a combined 100 billionwon fine against Google and Meta Platforms Inc in 2022pp SK Telecom is reportedly expected to stress that it has spent 12 trillion won in the wake of the data breach to compensate users and reform its data protection system while noting that no financial damage to users has been confirmed as a result of the data leakpp It is also expected to question whether the penalty was fair compared with the previous sanctions imposed against the two US tech companiespp We seek a thorough assessment by the court on the PIPCs penalty the company saidppThis image shows the company logo of SK Telecom Co as provided by the company PHOTO NOT FOR SALE Yonhappppp mleeynacokrENDppAll NewsppNationalppNorth KoreappEconomyFinanceppBizppCultureKpopppSportsppImagesppVideosppTop NewsppMost Viewedpp Korean Newspaper HeadlinesppToday in Korean HistoryppYonhap News SummaryppEditorials from Korean DailiesppKorea in BriefppUseful LinksppWeatherppAdvertise with Yonhap News Agencyp