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Gov't launches probe into purported attempt to sell SK Telecom client data

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The science ministry said Tuesday it has launched an official probe into a purported attempt to sell personal data allegedly leaked from South Kore...

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Hyung-bin = Authorities are claiming that an international hacking group stole customer data from SK Telecom [017670] and presented sales conditions...

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[Digital Daily Reporter Kang So-hyun] The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) announced on the 16th that it has launched a swift investigation, including on-site inspections, into allegations of the theft and sale of SK Telecom customer information. The international hacking group "Scattered Lapsus$" posted on a Telegram channel the previous day (the 15th) that it had secured the personal information of 27 million SK Telecom customers. They annou…

[Seoul = Newsis] Reporter Park Eun-bi = The international hacking group Scatterde Lapses claimed that they hacked SK Telecom customer data, but SK Telecom denied it. According to security media Daily Security on the 16th, a group calling themselves Scatterde Lapses obtained SK Telecom customer data through a Telegram channel and made a promise to sell it from the afternoon of the previous day to the early morning of the same day.

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