SKT responds to hacking damages lawsuit saying it should be dismissed... “Are we ignoring damage relief?”

In a class action lawsuit claiming damages filed by subscribers who suffered damage from the SK Telecom SIM hacking incident, SKT submitted a response to the court asking the court to “dismiss the plaintiff’s claim.”

According to Daeryun Law Firm on the 15th, SKT submitted a response to the claim for damages to the Seoul Central District Court on the 3rd, stating, ‘All of the plaintiff’s claims will be dismissed and the plaintiff will bear the legal costs.’ Daeryun filed a lawsuit on behalf of about 250 people who suffered damage from the SKT SIM hacking incident, requesting 1 million won in compensation per person from SKT.

In the response, SKT reserved a specific rebuttal. The reason is that although there was a resolution by the Personal Information Committee regarding whether the Personal Information Protection Act was violated, the specific reason could not be confirmed because the resolution was not delivered. SKT said, ‘As soon as the facts and issues in dispute in this case are confirmed, we will express our opinions in detail through a brief.’

It is also pointed out that SKT is ignoring compensation for consumers who suffered damage from hacking by not accepting the Korea Communications Commission's recommendation to extend the subscriber cancellation penalty exemption period and also refusing to claim compensation.

Previously, the Korea Communications Commission's Dispute Mediation Committee recommended SKT to extend the contract termination penalty exemption period until the end of this year. On July 4, SKT announced that it would waive the penalty for customers who canceled their contracts within 10 days, but the deadline was so short that it was difficult for consumers to be fully aware of it. However, as SKT did not submit an opinion within the response deadline, the recommendation was no longer automatically accepted.

Daeryun Special Action Headquarters (attorneys Young-gon Cho, Sang-won Yeo, and Myeong-cheol Kim), who are leading the class action suit for damages, said, “SKT is not showing a responsible attitude toward customer damage even after being fined 134.8 billion won,” and added, “Through this lawsuit, we will provide an opportunity to make personal information protection the top priority in corporate management and sound the alarm on corporate irresponsibility.”

Reporter Jeong Cheol-wook

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