Mobile ID cards illegally issued in the SK Telecom scandal? Ministry of Interior and Safety: ”Cannot issue”

On the 30th, South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety (equivalent to Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) stated that there were concerns about the fraudulent issuance of mobile ID cards following the SK Telecom USIM hacking incident, and that the situation was safe.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said in written materials on the same day, "Concerns have been raised that mobile ID cards can be illegally issued and misused through cloned phones."
Unlike mobile ID cards, it is basically impossible to issue a mobile ID card using a cloned phone and it is managed securely."
The mobile resident registration card is required by the Resident Registration Act and other laws to be used on personal smartphones.
The card will be issued to new residents and has the same legal effect as a physical resident registration card. It began being issued at the end of last year, and as of the 16th of this month, a total of 301,435 cards had been issued.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said, "To issue a mobile ID card, the individual must personally visit an issuing agency such as a community center and go through the identity verification process.
"After verifying their identity, they will have to register their PIN and receive a physical ID with an integrated circuit chip built in," he said.
He continued, "When issuing a mobile ID card on a smartphone, the IC ID card will be recognized along with the registered PIN.
"Finally, there will be a process of using facial recognition to check whether the photo on the ID matches the photo of the applicant," he added.
The Ministry of Interior and Safety also stated, "In this way, face-to-face verification, PIN authentication, IC ID recognition,
After going through a multi-layered security procedure including biometric authentication, the mobile ID is issued.
"However, it is impossible to issue mobile ID cards because of the current situation," he said.
"We will do our best to strengthen the security system," he said.