Last Update: February 05, 2023, 09:01 IST
LG Uplus said a total of 290,000 users were affected by the data breach last month.
On January 10, the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier disclosed that the personal data of 180,000 customers, including their names, dates of birth and phone numbers, had been breached.
LG Uplus said last month’s data breach affected a total of 290,000 users, about 110,000 more than initially suspected.
On January 10, the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier disclosed that the personal data of 180,000 customers, including their names, dates of birth and phone numbers, had been breached.
The company said on its website that it received personal data of about 110,000 more customers who had terminated their subscriptions, reports Yonhap news agency.
It was storing data under the E-commerce Consumer Protection Act.
The leaked data does not include financial information.
“We are actively cooperating with the investigation by authorities and the government to determine when and how personal data was leaked,” the company said.
The matter is being investigated by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the Personal Information Protection Commission and the Korea Internet and Security Agency.
“We will strengthen our monitoring system so that such incidents do not happen again and do our best to retaliate,” the agency said.
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