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273 storiesAI-agent hacking hits South Korean financial firms, security stocks surge
Cybersecurity attacks using AI agents led to customer data leaks at South Korean financial companies, spreading from commercial banks to savings banks and capital firms. Newsis reported that about 25,000 Shinhan Bank customers, 119 KB Kookm…
Nissui logistics unit outage halts shipments at 17 sites; unauthorized access suspected
Nissui said a system failure at its subsidiary Nissui Logistics has stopped inbound and outbound shipments at all 17 of the unit's warehouses. The company believes the cause was unauthorized access by a third party to a data center used by …
Hyundai launches 2027 Sonata The Edge with new Black N Line trim
Hyundai Motor launched the 2027 Sonata The Edge, an annual update of its mid-size sedan, on Oct. 7, adding a Black N Line design trim based on the top Inspiration grade with a black Hyundai emblem, black name lettering and 19-inch matte bla…
Jaguar unveils Type 01 electric GT in New York, priced from about $130,000
Jaguar revealed the Type 01, its first all-electric car and the production version of the Type 00 concept, at an event in New York City on Tuesday. The four-door grand tourer starts at about $130,000 in North America, a figure Jaguar confir…
Ransomware attack on SoftBank unit's cloud affects 495 firms, municipalities
IDC Frontier, a SoftBank subsidiary, said part of its IDCF Cloud service was hit by unauthorized access that caused an outage from around 03:40 on October 7. The affected area is the East Japan Region 1, served by a data center in Shirakawa…
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days Begin With Discounts on Apple Macs, AirPods and iPads
Amazon's fall Prime Big Deal Days sale is live, with early discounts on Apple products including AirPods Pro 3 at $179.00, down from $249.00, AirPods Max 2 at $429.00, and about $200 off most M5 MacBook Air models. Outlets also reported all…
Google signs 3.6GW nuclear power deal with Constellation for AI data centers
Google said it signed a power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy, the largest US nuclear power operator, for about 3.6 gigawatts (3,590MW) of electricity to serve AI data center demand. About 890MW will come from 11 nuclear plants…
HIS says up to 627 customers' passport data may have leaked after Thai unit breach
HIS announced on October 7 that up to 627 customers' passport details may have leaked after unauthorized access to a file server at its Thai subsidiary, H.I.S. TOURS. The company said it detected the access in December 2025 and identified t…
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…
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…
Amazon’s October Prime Day runs October 6-8 as retailers cut prices early
Amazon’s October Prime Day, also called Prime Big Deal Days, runs from October 6 at 3AM ET through 3AM ET on October 8, with discounts already live, according to The Verge, NBC News and Wired. Wired listed Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 at $190 ($…
EU weighs safeguard limits on Chinese hybrid vehicle imports, Bloomberg reports
The European Commission is reviewing safeguard measures that would cap imports of Chinese hybrid vehicles and impose tariffs on volumes above that limit, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Chinese hybrids now accoun…
Japan says it is taking corporate cyberattacks seriously as breaches mount
Japan's government said on Oct 7 it takes the wave of cyberattacks on private companies “very seriously” and will work to grasp the full picture of the damage, without saying whether new active-defence powers had been used. Daiwa Securities…
GMO Research & AI says up to 948,498 infoQ members' data breached; site halted
GMO Research & AI said a vulnerability in its survey site infoQ was exploited and personal data for up to 948,498 members was taken out. Points worth about 2.87 million yen were exchanged without members' consent, which the company said it …
Sompo Japan says about 60,000 customer records may have leaked after vendor breach
Sompo Japan said on October 7 that a subcontractor's server used to handle inquiries for its business-oriented dashcam service “SMILING ROAD” was hit by unauthorized access, and about 60,000 customer records may have leaked. The data may in…
Brent rises above $102 a barrel on Middle East supply risks and US storm
Brent crude December futures traded above $102 a barrel on 7 October, with Interfax reporting $101.98 at 17:48 Moscow time and Kommersant citing $102.59 at 16:40 before prices eased. Reports attributed the rise to risks to Middle East suppl…
Korea Eximbank draws 283 hacking attempts this year, nearly 8 times 2025 level
Hacking attempts against the state-run Korea Export-Import Bank reached 283 this year through Oct. 5, about 7.9 times the 36 recorded in all of last year, according to data submitted to the National Assembly. The Bank of Korea logged 136 at…
Japan farm ministry orders Fukui seafood firm over mislabeled Echizen crab gifts
Japan's agriculture ministry issued a measures order on Oct 6 against Fukumaru Foods, a seafood processor in Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture, for labeling products as Echizen crab while using mizugani, a crab not counted as Echizen crab. The…
RZD begins testing Bureau 1440 satellite communications equipment on trains
Russian Railways (RZD) has started testing satellite communications equipment from aerospace company Bureau 1440 on its trains, deputy CEO Evgeny Charkin said. The tests began about a month ago and are going well, and Charkin estimated high…
Putin and Sobyanin open Moscow electric battery cluster with two gigafactories
President Vladimir Putin, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev took part in opening the Moscow electric battery cluster in the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone on Tuesday, ahead of Moscow Industry Day. Offi…