Choi Joo-hee, CEO of Tving, apologized on October 6 for the recent data breach involving the platform, stating, "I am sorry. We will work to prevent a recurrence."
Choi made the remarks during a National Assembly audit by the Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, responding to a question from Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Jeong-heon regarding accountability for the data leak.
Lee pointed out that Tving had 39.54 million accounts and source code compromised, and criticized the company for leaving developer access credentials unencrypted in plain text.
In response, Choi explained, "We have provided affected customers with phishing prevention measures and various entertainment point coupons."
Other company representatives affected by the data breach also issued apologies.
Im Han-wook, CEO of Toss Payments, acknowledged, "There were shortcomings. We are providing cash vouchers to merchants to compensate for damages and are enhancing our internal systems as well as oversight of merchants."
Hong Seung-il, CEO of Healing Paper, which operates the app Gangnam Unni, expressed, "I feel responsible for failing to protect sensitive personal information."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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