"SK Telecom Co., South Korea's largest mobile carrier, has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a record 135 billion-won (US$91 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 Monday."
"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 sources."
"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 regulator."
SK Telecom filed a lawsuit with the Seoul Administrative Court seeking revocation of a 135 billion-won fine imposed by the Personal Information Protection Commission. The fine followed a disclosure of a major leak of universal subscriber identity module (USIM) data from SK Telecom servers that affected about 23 million users. The company belatedly disclosed the breach and subsequently offered free USIM replacements to all subscribers. The lawsuit was filed one day before the deadline to appeal the PIPC decision made in August of the previous year. The PIPC launched an investigation and imposed the record penalty roughly four months after the disclosure.
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