25,000,000000 customers of personal information at risk, where the communications giant discovers harmful programs to exchange SIM mass
A giant of communications communications offers 25 million people free SIM cards after the huge penetration left sensitive personal information to its customers at risk.
Sk Telecom, the largest mobile phone provider in South Korea, recognized in A. Security notice The personal data of its customers was exposed during the attack of harmful programs on the company.
The company said in the announcement last month that “no cases of misuse of information have been confirmed so far.” However, local publication Korea Jongang daily It is reported that some SK Telecom customers have discovered stolen money from their bank accounts after the piracy incident.
According to the police, the police said that after three days of penetration, a man learned that his portable plan with SK Telecom was suddenly canceled, and the company’s employees told him at a service center that someone had participated in a budget plan with another provider using his name.
Shortly after that, the man discovered that 50 million Korean Won – about 34,000 dollars – was stolen from his bank account by unknown people in five separate transactions. Then he called the police and asked his bank to freeze his account.
Victims of penetration have been an organization that seeks to take collective action against SK Telecom, and they are demanding a full investigation into the attack.
The group, which was called “Skt Usim”, told the group that the worst is still a data breach, and that the communications giant’s reaction to the accident was frustrated.
“The leaked information may lead to serious secondary damage through financial networks and other social services that depend on the authentication of the mobile phone number … The SK Telecom response was not very sufficient.
The scope and extent of damage were not clearly detected, which exaggerated the user anxiety and confusion. “
SK Telecom then provided free SIM cards to all 25 million customers.
However, the company now says it is only able to get 6 million SIM cards for the entire May, which means that it will take some time to follow its compensation plan.
The company says in to updateand
“[SK Telecom] Currently owns a million Sims and plans to secure another 5 million Sims by the end of May. However, since many clients will come once and wait for long waiting times, please check in advance through the online reservation applications system. “
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