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By Dain Oh and Kuksung Nam, The ReadableFeb. 17, 2023 8:45PM GMT+9 Updated Feb. 20, 2023 8:45PM GMT+9 “Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter that is sent to The Readable’s subscribers every Friday. Cybersecurity journalists for The Readable carefully select important news stories from the previous week and deliver them in a compact form. Topics […]
South Korean telecommunication conglomerate LG Uplus announced on Thursday that the company will increase its cybersecurity spending by three folds, which amounts to 100 billion won (approximately $80 million), acknowledging its failure to protect the personal information of customers and maintain the availability of networks against malicious actors. Hwang Hyeon-sik, CEO at LG Uplus, held […]
By Dain Oh, The Readable How long does it take for you to click the “I agree” button when asked to share your personal information while accessing online services? It does not take even a few seconds because we do it almost automatically. Although we have not read the service terms, we often take full […]
By Dain Oh and Kuksung Nam, The ReadableFeb. 17, 2023 8:45PM GMT+9 Updated Feb. 20, 2023 8:45PM GMT+9 “Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter that is sent to The Readable’s subscribers every Friday. Cybersecurity journalists for The Readable carefully select important news stories from the previous week and deliver them in a compact form. Topics […]
South Korean telecommunication conglomerate LG Uplus announced on Thursday that the company will increase its cybersecurity spending by three folds, which amounts to 100 billion won (approximately $80 million), acknowledging its failure to protect the personal information of customers and maintain the availability of networks against malicious actors. Hwang Hyeon-sik, CEO at LG Uplus, held […]
By Dain Oh, The Readable How long does it take for you to click the “I agree” button when asked to share your personal information while accessing online services? It does not take even a few seconds because we do it almost automatically. Although we have not read the service terms, we often take full […]
By Kuksung Nam, The ReadableJan. 12, 2023 9:29PM KST Updated Jan. 13, 2023 11:18AM KST South Korea’s privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into the nation’s third largest telecommunication company after the personal data of almost 180,000 customers, including users’ names, birth dates, and phone numbers, was breached and posted on the dark web. The […]
“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter that is sent to The Readable’s subscribers every Friday. Cybersecurity journalists for The Readable carefully select important news stories from the previous week and deliver them in a compact form. Topics encompass cybercrime, geopolitics, and privacy. There are no costs involved with a subscription, and some content, such as […]
Balance is not the first word that comes into one’s mind when thinking about cybersecurity. To most of us, we tend to focus on threat actors such as state-sponsored hackers and advanced persistent threat groups or the types of an attack such as ransomware and malicious code. However, to an expert who has dedicated more […]
The National Police Agency of South Korea arrested a suspect who infiltrated home networks of more than 400,000 private residences and tried to sell the videos and pictures of victims on the dark web. The suspect was confirmed to be a security expert who warned people of vulnerable home networks three years ago. The Cyber […]
“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter that is sent to The Readable’s subscribers every Friday. Cybersecurity journalists for The Readable carefully select important news stories from the previous week and deliver them in a compact form. Topics encompass cybercrime, geopolitics, and privacy. There are no costs involved with a subscription, and some content, such as […]
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company has faced government sanctions after it was confirmed to have leaked customers’ personal information due to a system error which was caused by unfinished software testing. On Wednesday, the Personal Information Protection Commission imposed sanctions on 14 business entities, including Hyundai Motors and Nongshim, for privacy violations. The entities […]
Hello, this is Dain Oh and Kuksung Nam in South Korea. The Readable has picked four news stories for you. Have a great weekend! 1. Korean telecom giant leaked its staff information onto the dark web One of the largest telecommunication companies in South Korea was confirmed to have leaked its employees’ personal information onto […]
