In April 2025, SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile telecommunications provider, faced an unprecedented cyberattack that compromised the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) data of approximately 25 million customers. This breach not only exposed sensitive subscriber information but...
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The cloud battle is heating up in South Korea as major telecommunications giants—SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus—dive headfirst into the managed service provider (MSP) arena. In a move that underscores both ambition and market pressure, these industry leaders are now aggressively recruiting cloud...