Regulator to decide penalties for SK Telecom over major data leak next week

Seoul: The data protection regulator here said on Thursday it will hold a plenary meeting next week to decide penalties against SK Telecom Co. over a major data breach that affected tens of millions of customers.

The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said it will convene the closed-door session next Wednesday to review proposed penalties against the country’s largest telecom operator by user numbers.