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S Korea-Christie's-fine

S. Korea fines auction house Christie's 287 mln won over data leak

By Chae Yun-hwan

SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- The data protection regulator said Thursday it has fined British auction house Christie's 287 million won (US$193,600) over a data leak involving South Korean nationals.

Christie's recently suffered a breach that leaked personal data of 620 South Korean members, including their names, addresses and resident registration numbers, according to the Personal Information Protection Commission.

The breach took place after a Christie's worker gave access to its personal information processing system to a malicious actor, according to the regulator.

The auction house was also found to have not taken proper security measures, such as saving customer data without encryption, the regulator said, adding that it also belatedly notified the incident past the 72-hour deadline.

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