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2K Games, BIFC face privacy fines in South Korea over inadequate data safeguards

By Wooyoung Lee ( December 11, 2025, 05:56 GMT | Insight) -- Weak security measures that left internal systems exposed at US game company 2K Games and the Busan International Financial Promotion Center resulted in a combined 300 million won ($203,000) in privacy fines in South Korea. The Personal Information Protection Commission fined 2K Games 217.1 million won over a 2022 breach of its helpdesk system that exposed the personal information of 12,906 South Korean users, as part of a wider global breach affecting 4 million usersWeak security measures that left internal systems exposed at US game company 2K Games and the Busan International Financial Promotion Center resulted in a combined 300 million won ($203,000) in privacy fines in South Korea....

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