Korea fines Christie's $189,000 over data breach

British art auction house Christie, Manson & Woods, known as Christie's, faces a 280 million won ($189,000) penalty surcharge for leaking the personal information of 620 Korean clients after its system was hacked through a voice phishing scheme, the Personal Information Protection Commission said Thursday. At a plenary meeting held the previous day, the commission imposed the fine along with an additional 7.2 million won in fines for violations of Korea’s data protection law. It also ordered the

By The Korea Herald