Hong Beom-sik (홍범식), CEO of LG Uplus, mentioned an issue over the design of subscriber id numbers (IMSI) grew to become an opportunity to enhance the corporate’s safety consciousness and readiness.
Hong met reporters after a gathering between Vice Prime Minister Bae Kyung-hoon, who additionally serves as minister of science and ICT, and the three telecom firms on the Korea Science and Technology Center on April 9. “It is true that we were not fully aware of the IMSI issue,” he mentioned. “Now there has been an important shift in internal perspective.”
LG Uplus has beforehand been discovered to have assigned IMSIs utilizing prospects’ precise cell phone numbers. The leakage of an IMSI worth does not instantly result in hacking, however it’s typically normal apply to use randomisation as a result of combining it with different info can pose a possible safety risk.
“Through several recent cases in the industry, we have come to recognise the importance of security more deeply,” Hong mentioned. “We have shifted to the view that we need security standards far higher than national requirements or industry standards. We believe we must raise security to a level customers can actually feel.”
LG Uplus is finishing up broad security-strengthening work in response to the incident. From April 13, it will sequentially substitute SIMs and perform updates for all prospects.
“Overall, we judge that both our level of security awareness and our readiness have improved significantly compared with the past,” he mentioned. “We will prepare thoroughly to minimise inconvenience to the public.”