A Kakao brand is proven on the corporate’s headquarters in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province. (Yonhap)
Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant cellular messenger, has filed an administrative lawsuit in opposition to a authorities superb of 15.1 billion received (US$11 million) over the leaking of non-public info on a big scale, based on sources Monday.
The Private Data Safety Fee, the federal government’s private info watchdog, ordered the superb in Could, concluding that Kakao’s lax person knowledge scrutiny and safety measures led to the info leak of some 65,000 customers.
In accordance with sources, Kakao challenged the superb order by the executive swimsuit filed on Nov. 1.
The superb was greater than double the earlier report superb of seven.5 billion received imposed on Golfzon, a display screen golf enterprise, by the watchdog.
Kakao beforehand acknowledged that it will assessment varied response measures, together with an administrative swimsuit, in opposition to the order.
