A TAG Heuer store in Seoul. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The private data of some 2,900 South Korean customers was leaked after TAG Heuer, owned by LVMH, was hacked, according to an official at South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission on Sunday.
The incident took place between 2019 and 2020, when the watchmaker renovated its website but came under a cyberattack, according to the commission.
TAG Heuer belatedly reported the case to the commission after becoming aware of the attack when the hacker blackmailed the company in May last year.
The commission ordered TAG Heuer to pay 126 million won (US$90,712) as a financial penalty over the case and 7.8 million won as a fine for belatedly reporting the case in a closed-door meeting in February.
A commission official said South Korea was the first country to impose a penalty on the company.
(Yonhap)
