There’s so much stolen data in the world, South Korea will require face scans to buy a SIM

South Korea will require facial-recognition verification for new mobile customers after major data breaches — including a Coupang leak of over 30 million records and an SK Telecom exposure affecting 23 million customers — which enabled scams, account cloning, and regulatory fines; the policy uses the carriers' PASS apps to store and verify biometric data to make fraudulent account registrations harder.