Top Tips for SK Telecom Users: Safeguard Your Transit Balances and Contacts When Switching SIM Cards

A SK Telecom retail store employee changes the SIM card for a phone at a branch in Seoul on April 28. [YONHAP] SK Telecom is offering a free subscriber identity module (SIM) card replacement service to protect its subscribers from recent hacking attempts. However, some users who have swapped their SIMs have reported issues such…

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SK Telecom Suffers $643M Market Loss as Users Flee Following Massive SIM Breach

Customers queue outside an SK Telecom office in Seoul at noon on April 29 to swap out their SIM cards. [YONHAP] [NEWS ANALYSIS] Following a mass exodus of subscribers and a significant decrease in market capitalization totaling 923.6 billion won ($643.2 million), South Korea’s leading wireless provider, SK Telecom (SKT), is suffering major repercussions due…

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Over 200,000 SKT Users Rush to Replace USIM Chips After Hacking Scare

Crowds gather at an SK Telecom outlet in Seoul’s Mapo District on April 28. [JOONGANG ILBO] Over 200,000 customers from SK Telecom, South Korea’s leading mobile operator, got brand-new universal subscriber identity module (USIM) chips this Monday as part of their initial rollout for complimentary replacements after a recent security breach impacted the network. As…

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