Cases of KT small-amount payment fraud that began in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, are increasing.
According to the Cyber Investigation Unit of the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency on the 15th, from the 27th of 4th to 6 p.m. on the 12th of this month, a total of 199 cases of KT small-amount payment damage were reported, with losses tallied at 126 million won. As of the 9th, the number rose by 75 in three days from 124 cases.
By area, Gwangmyeong in Gyeonggi Province had the most with 118 cases (77.5 million won), followed by Geumcheon District in Seoul with 62 cases (37.6 million won), Gwacheon in Gyeonggi Province with 9 cases (4.1 million won), Bucheon in Gyeonggi Province with 7 cases (5.8 million won), and Incheon with 3 cases (1.6 million won).
This is lower than KT's own tally (278 cases, about 170 million won) announced by the Ministry of Science and ICT on the 10th.
So far, damage has been confirmed in Gwangmyeong, Geumcheon District, Bucheon, Gwacheon, and Incheon. However, similar cases are continuing to emerge in other regions, and since police are reviewing similarities to this incident, the scale of damage is likely to grow.
Police said, "It is difficult to pinpoint the exact time of occurrence because the time the damage occurred and the time it was reported differ," and noted, "There are cases under similarity review now, so the scale of damage could increase further."
KT, after recognizing the incident on the 6th, limited the payment cap for the gift certificate sales sector to 100,000 won and implemented measures to strengthen abnormal payment pattern detection. Police are compiling and analyzing the reported cases and plan to determine the types of damage and how they occurred.