South Korea's SK Telecom begins SIM card replacement after data breach

SK Telecom offers free SIM cards to customers after data breach

Some 25 million people are eligible for a replacement SIM card but most will have to wait a bit longer.

Military in talks with SK Telecom over USIM replacement for troops

The military is in talks with SK Telecom on cooperation for providing new universal subscriber identity module (USIM) chips for troops following a major networking hacking incident at the country's bi...

SK Telecom shares plunge after data breach due to cyberattack

SEOUL (Reuters) -SK Telecom shares fell as much as 8.5% on Monday to hit their lowest level since August last year, after South Korea’s biggest mobile carrier disclosed it suffered a leak of customer data earlier this month caused by a cyberattack. The company said in a statement it would take full responsibility for any harm caused as a result of the breach that was detected on April 18. It described the incident as a large-scale leak of data d…

South Korea’s SK Telecom begins SIM card replacement after data breach

South Korea's largest carrier SK Telecom started on Monday to replace mobile SIM chips for its 23 million users following a data breach, prompting alarmed customers to form long queues for the replacements. SK Telecom announced earlier this month that it had fallen victim to a hacking incident involving malicious code, through which customers' personal

South Korea's SK Telecom begins SIM card replacement after data breach

South Korea's largest carrier SK Telecom started on Monday to replace mobile SIM chips for its 23 million users following a data breach, prompting alarmed customers to form long lines for the replacements.

(LEAD) Acting president instructs gov't to check SK Telecom's response measures over data leak

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 2, 5-6) SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Acting Pre...