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Apple, Alipay drawn into South Korean probe over KakaoPay data-breach allegations

By Jenny Lee
  • 11 Sep 2024 07:30
  • 11 Sep 2024 07:30
Alipay and Apple are now caught up in a widening probe by South Korea's privacy watchdog, alongside local fintech giant KakaoPay, over allegations of a massive data breach involving over 50 billion pieces of personal-credit information.
During a recent press briefing, Ko Hak-soo, chairman of the Personal Information Protection Commission,

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Jenny Lee

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Jenny joined MLex’s Seoul bureau in 2021 as a correspondent focusing on competition law and data privacy and security. Jenny received a Master’s degree from Northwestern University’s renowned Medill School of Journalism and worked for a number of news organizations in the US, including the Associated Press Television News, McClatchy and Voice of America, where she worked for almost three years in Washington DC. She returned to her native South Korea in 2019 as a reporter for Wired Korea.

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