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41 storiesSame attacker IP found at seven South Korean financial firms in suspected AI hacks
Financial authorities said the same attacker IP appeared in intrusion cases at seven South Korean companies — Shinhan, KB Kookmin, Hana, BNK Busan Bank, Yegaram and Welcome savings banks and Hyundai Capital — with AI tools suspected in larg…
Korea financial regulator orders full security review after bank data leaks
Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-won chaired an emergency meeting of the entire financial sector in Seoul on Oct. 4 after customer data leaks spread from major banks to non-bank lenders, saying the possibility of AI-enabled ha…
Korea police open formal probe into AI-linked hacking of financial firms
South Korean police have converted their investigation into a series of AI-linked hacking attacks on financial institutions into a formal probe, assigning a 28-member, four-team dedicated unit. Data leaks have been confirmed at seven financ…
Welcome Savings Bank intrusion ran nearly 120 hours, detected five days later
Welcome Savings Bank was breached for about five days before it detected the intrusion, according to data the Financial Supervisory Service submitted to lawmaker Han Chang-min's office. The bank reported that the attack began on Sept. 27 an…
Two large Seoul churches show signs of cyberattack; member data feared leaked
An analysis by cyber threat intelligence company Oasis Security found evidence that two large South Korean churches were hit by cyberattacks, with member records, donation and accounting data and internal documents found on an overseas atta…
Regulator identifies 19 attacker IPs in 12 countries in Korean bank hacking case
South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service has identified 19 IP addresses suspected of being used in hacking attacks on financial companies, spread across 12 countries including the United States, Japan and Hong Kong (China). The regulator…
AMD CEO Lisa Su to visit Korea Oct. 7 for Gamer Day; AI chip talks expected
AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su will visit Korea on Oct. 7, about seven months after her March trip, to attend an “AMD Gamer Day” event at 2 p.m. at Dragon City in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, AMD said. Su and senior vice president Jack Huynh will attend, …
Korea financial regulator orders AI-based defense after hacking wave
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission held an emergency meeting on 4 October after hacking and data leaks were confirmed at seven financial companies, including Shinhan, KB Kookmin, Hana and BNK Busan banks, savings banks Yegaram and …
Samsung to launch Galaxy Tab S12 series and SmartTag3 in Korea on Oct 7
Samsung Electronics said it will launch the Galaxy Tab S12 series tablets and the Galaxy SmartTag3 tracking device in Korea on Oct 7. The tablets offer up to 23 hours of video playback, run large-screen Galaxy AI features and are the first …
Shinhan, KB Kookmin, Hana and Busan banks report customer data leaks in hacking wave
A wave of hacking attempts on South Korean banks has produced customer data leaks at Shinhan Bank (about 25,000 customers), KB Kookmin Bank (119), Hana Bank (89) and BNK Busan Bank (11 outsourced staff), while Woori and NH Nonghyup banks sa…
Korea anti-corruption agency training site hacked; 100,000 users' data leaked
About 100,000 users of South Korea's Integrity and Rights Learning Center, an online integrity-education platform overseen by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, had personal data leaked after the server of the outsourced opera…
Korean cybersecurity stocks surge after AI-driven hacking of financial firms
Cybersecurity shares listed in Seoul rose sharply on October 6 after a series of hacking attacks on financial institutions that financial authorities said leaked personal data. Yonhap reported that at 09:20 AhnLab was up 12.60% on the KOSDA…
Deputy PM vows stronger punitive sanctions over cyber breaches amid audit criticism
Deputy Prime Minister and Science and ICT Minister Bae Kyung-hoon told a National Assembly audit on Oct 6 that the government will strengthen punitive economic sanctions over cyber intrusions and that his ministry will lead the response. La…
DGIST develops passive cooling film that uses airborne moisture to cool electronics
The Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) said on Oct. 6 that its research team developed a passive cooling film that absorbs moisture from the air and releases it as heat is generated, lowering device surface temperat…
South Korea PM orders swift probe into suspected AI-linked data hack
Prime Minister Han Sung-sook chaired a meeting in Seoul on Oct 6 on personal information leaks at financial and public institutions, calling the situation serious and ordering a swift investigation. Police said they booked the case under th…
AI hacking hits South Korean banks, leaks customer data; PM orders overhaul
Simultaneous hacking attacks hit South Korea's financial sector, with customer information leaked at Shinhan, KB Kookmin, Hana, BNK Busan, Yegaram Savings Bank, Hyundai Capital and Welcome Savings Bank, according to Kyunghyang Shinmun and C…
Student builds AI web service to track Busan shark sightings in real time
A shark nicknamed “부캉이” has drawn large crowds to the waterway at Bukhang waterfront park in Busan, with Newsis reporting about 837,800 visitors since September 19 and 72,000 on October 3 alone. A master's student at Pukyong National Univer…
Interior ministry to brief public agencies on private cloud migration Oct 12
South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety said it will hold a briefing on Oct 12 at Post Tower in Seoul's Myeongdong for officials of administrative and public institutions planning to move their information systems to private cloud…
Audit: 4,778 cyberattack attempts on Korea land ministry, 11 agencies unmonitored
Data obtained by opposition lawmaker Cho In-cheol from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shows 4,778 cyberattack attempts were detected against the ministry and its affiliated agencies between 2021 and 2025. Of 31 affiliate…
Yangju to host drone-robot festival from Oct 30 to Nov 1
Yangju City will host the 2026 Gyeonggi-Yangju-Ground Operations Command Drone-Robot Festival from Oct 30 to Nov 1 at the Ganap-ri airfield in Gwangjeok-myeon. The sixth edition features drone and robot exhibitions, military demonstrations,…