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South Korea's ₩54 Billion KT Fine Shows Proportionate Enforcement — But the Real Deterrent Is the Criminal Referral for Cover-Up

PIPC fined KT $39M for a femtocell breach exposing 16,647 users, scaling the penalty to actual harm — and referred KT for prosecution over deleted logs.

2026-08-14