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[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] SEOUL, September 21, 2025 – The scale of the unauthorized micro-payment fraud affecting KT subscribers has expanded beyond the initially reported districts of Seoul’s Geumcheon and Yeongdeungpo, Gyeonggi’s Gwangmyeong, Bucheon, Gwacheon, and Incheon’s Bupyeong. New cases have now been confirmed in Seoul’s Seocho and Dongjak districts, as well as Goyang’s Ilsandong-gu in Gyeonggi Province, raising concerns that the damage may be broader than previously acknowledged.
According to Democratic Party lawmaker Hwang Jeong-ah, a member of the National Assembly’s Science, ICT, Broadcasting, and Communications Committee, KT’s unauthorized micro-payment victims include:
August 5–8: In Dongjak, Gwanak, and Yeongdeungpo districts, 15 people suffered 26 fraudulent charges totaling KRW 9.62 million.
August 9 and 11: In Seocho district, three victims incurred six unauthorized transactions worth KRW 2.27 million.
Additional cases were later identified across Gwangmyeong, Geumcheon, Ilsandong-gu (Goyang), Gwacheon, and Bucheon Sosa.
KT previously stated that, based on a review of 22.67 million ARS-certified micro-payments conducted from June through September 10, the confirmed damage had risen from KRW 1.7 billion to KRW 2.4 billion.
Alphabiz Reporter Kim Jisun(stockmk2020@alphabiz.co.kr)
