The government has formed a joint public-private investigation team and begun investigating the recent personal information breach incident at Douzone Bizon.
The Ministry of Science and ICT said Monday that it had established a joint public-private investigation team on the 25th to investigate the damage status and cause of the Douzone breach incident, and has commenced formal investigations.
Previously, Douzone reported two breach incidents on the 16th and 21st of this month. In response, the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) requested the company to preserve relevant materials and initiated an investigation.
Based on preliminary investigation materials, the Ministry of Science and ICT held an emergency meeting of the Breach Incident Review Committee on the 25th, concluded that the incident qualifies as a major accident, and decided to form a joint investigation team.
Under the newly revised Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection (Information and Communications Network Act), which took effect on the 1st, authorities may impose fines of up to 3% of related revenue on operators who cause repeated breach incidents through intent or gross negligence.
Operators who fail to comply with government corrective orders or document submission requests are subject to penalty payments equivalent to 0.02% of their average daily revenue for each day of non-compliance.
The investigation team will be led by the Information Protection and Network Policy Officer of the Ministry of Science and ICT, and in addition to the Ministry of Science and ICT and KISA, private experts including cybersecurity specialists and system and network specialists will participate.
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