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Kakao Pay Halts Data Sharing with Alipay Amid Regulatory Probe into Massive User Data Leak

SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Pay, a leading digital payment service in South Korea, announced on Wednesday that it has ceased sharing user information with Alipay since mid-May, following a controversial breach involving the unauthorized disclosure of personal credit data. In a statement, Kakao Pay revealed that the suspension of information sharing began on [...]

Samsung, SK hynix Withhold Key Data in U.S. Request for Chip Biz Info

SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. on Tuesday submitted information on their chip businesses to the United States but withheld some key data considered trade secrets in an apparent delicate balancing act. The two South Korean chipmakers made the filings about two months after the U.S. Department of [...]