KT to offer data, discounts for customers hit by hacking incidents
KT's office building in Seoul / Yonhap
KT, Korea's No. 2 mobile carrier, on Wednesday unveiled compensation packages for victims of recent unauthorized mobile payment breaches, including free data and discount vouchers.
The company said the victims will receive 100 gigabytes of data per month for five months, along with a discount voucher worth 150,000 won ($104) that can be used to pay bills or purchase a new smartphone.
The announcement came after KT said last week it would waive fees for customers affected by the breach as well.
KT recently detected 20 illegal micro base station identifications (IDs) suspected of being used for unauthorized mobile payment breaches through its network, with 368 users suffering financial losses totaling 240 million won ($167,000).