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Thu 8 Oct1
KR
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The Coupang breach in South Korea has stayed in the news cycle for nine months and may offer a useful case study in how not to respond to an incident. In December 2025, South Korea’s largest online retailer, Coupang, apologized for a November breach affecting more than 33 million customers. A former developer who worked... Source
Mon 5 Oct1
KR
Lee Hyo-jin reports: President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday ordered a thorough investigation into a string of recent data breaches at financial institutions, as artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cyberattacks increasingly target them. According to Cheong Wa Dae, Lee was briefed on recent data breaches at financial and public institutions and their responses to the incidents. “The... Source
Fri 18 Sept1
KR
Choi Won-woo reports: Internal data amounting to 1,894 cases from the Korean-type heavy ion accelerator ‘Raon,’ built with a state budget of 1.5 trillion Korean won [USD $1,080,038,017.50 at today’s rates] was confirmed to have been leaked externally. The estimated time of the leak is 2022, and the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Heavy Ion... Source
Sun 13 Sept1
KR
Shin Da-eun and Park Kang-su report: Korea was not the only country where victims who sent Google removal requests about illegally obtained sexual images ended up having their private information posted online, the Hankyoreh has confirmed. “Photos of me from when I was a minor were distributed without my consent. They were posted on an... Source
Thu 10 Sept1
KR
Korea JoongAng Daily reports: Korea’s privacy regulator is sharply raising the cost of data breaches, aiming to push companies to treat data protection as a preventive investment rather than a routine cost of doing business. Starting Friday, companies found to have leaked the personal data of 10 million or more people through intent or gross negligence... Source
Mon 7 Sept1
KR
kbizoom reports: Weverse, the fan platform operated by HYBE-affiliated Weverse Company, has confirmed a security incident that affected 422,584 user accounts. The company said the exposed information consisted mainly of internal identifiers that cannot be used outside the platform. “We received a notification from the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) on September 3 that... Source
Tue 25 Aug1
KR
This is one of those headlines where our first thought was “Uh oh!” but then we read more and thought “Hmmm…” Ko Jae-woo reports: Seoul National University Hospital has not filed a mandatory cybersecurity disclosure for years, an investigation has found. While tertiary hospitals are generally required to submit such disclosures, the hospital is exempt... Source