Reuters: Technology News: Data of 8.7 million KT subscribers hacked in South Korea

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Data of 8.7 million KT subscribers hacked in South Korea Jul 29th 2012, 04:43 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News UK PM's ex-media boss, friend to face charges for hacking Tue, Jul 24 2012 London ready to fight off Olympic hack attacks Tue, Jul 24 2012 An employee at KT Corp works at the company's headquarters in Seoul July 30, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Truth Leem SEOUL | Sun Jul 29, 2012 12:43am EDT SEOUL (Reuters) - KT Corp., South Korea's No. 2 wireless service provider, apologized on Sunday after personal data of millions of mobile phone subscribers was hacked. It is the latest in a string of large-scale personal information hacking cases in one of the world's most wired countries. Police said two computer programmers had been arrested for hacking personal data of about 8.7 million KT subscribers. KT claims a mobile service subscription membership of 16 million. Police were also investigating seven others suspected of having purchased and used the hacked KT data, which included names, resident registration numbers and phone numbers. "We deeply apologize for worrying you," KT said in a statement. The company said it had blocked any further illegal access to data. The hacking began in February. In November, more than 13 million subscribers of Nexon Korea Corp, a leading game developer, fell victim to a hacking attack. Months before the Nexon Korea case, information of up to 35 million users of an internet portal and blogging site operated by SK Comms, the country's top mobile service provider, was attacked by hackers from China. (Reporting by Sung-won Shim; Editing by Nick Macfie) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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