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213 storiesTwo 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…
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…
MrMax says breach may have leaked data of up to 1,735,154 members
MrMax Holdings said on October 6 that unauthorized access to servers for its MrMax app and online store may have exposed personal information of up to 1,735,154 members. The company said member IDs, names, email addresses and telephone numb…
Daiwa Securities: vendor breach may have exposed data of 110,000 customers
Daiwa Securities said on Oct 5 that a server at outsourcing vendor Scalar Communications was subject to unauthorized access and that about 220,000 records may have leaked, including names, email addresses and securities account numbers for …
Asahi Kasei drug unit says cyberattack may have leaked data on up to 558,700 people
Asahi Kasei Therapeutics, the pharmaceutical subsidiary of Asahi Kasei, said a website it runs for medical professionals was hit by a cyberattack and that personal information on up to about 558,700 people may have leaked. Sankei Shimbun re…
Gulf producers keep Hormuz ‘shuttle’ crude exports; volumes said to top pre-war levels
Gulf oil producers including Saudi Arabia are still exporting crude through the Strait of Hormuz via high-risk “shuttle” runs, loading very large crude carriers inside the strait and transferring the oil to ships waiting outside, according …
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…
Nikkei says cyberattack sent about 9,000 spoofed emails to sources
Nikkei said on Oct. 4 that a cyberattack on a staff Microsoft 365 account let a third party send about 9,000 emails impersonating employees, including messages sent on Sept. 30 that led to malicious websites. Recipients' email addresses and…
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 …
Same 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…
NC's Aion 2 tops 400,000 concurrent players on global launch day
NC began global service for its MMORPG Aion 2 on 5 October through Steam and its own Purple platform, and the company said peak concurrent players passed 400,000 on the first day. Early access had run from 30 September for five days for buy…
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…
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 …
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…
Citizen Watch says about 100,000 people’s data may have leaked in breach
Citizen Watch said on Oct. 6 that unauthorized access to a contractor’s server may have leaked about 100,000 people’s personal information. The server handled customer inquiries made through the internet, the company said. The government’s …
G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel reserves over four months
The G7 said Friday it will release up to 100 million barrels of oil and diesel reserves over four months, with a substantial diesel portion front-loaded into the first 20 days and coordinated by the International Energy Agency. President Do…
Oil falls as Middle East crude exports recover and G7 releases reserves
Brent crude for December delivery fell 1.89% to $100.32 a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate for November fell 1.84% to $89.43 on October 5, Yonhap reported, as Middle East crude exports increased and G7 countries moved to release emerge…
South Korea's Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said there were signs that AI models were used in cyberattacks on several commercial banks and called for an investigation. Data from about 25,000 Shinhan Bank customers leaked, while Hana Bank and KB Ko…
Vitol CEO says Western countries have exhausted available oil stocks
Russell Hardy, CEO of Vitol, the world’s largest independent oil trader, said at the Energy Intelligence Forum in London that Western countries have exhausted the oil stocks available to them. He said the oil products market remains very de…
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…