KakaoTalk, a mobile  messaging application used by almost the entire population of South Korea, has been wrapped up in a massive controversy over personal data breaches. Its open chat rooms, which are supposed to protect the anonymity of participants, allegedly leak breadcrumbs out of users’ private information, providing malicious actors with opportunities to identify users […]

Camera footage that shows medical examinations in a plastic surgeon’s office in Seoul has been exposed online and is being circulated through obscene websites based in China. The South Korean police launched an investigation to trace the initial cause of the breach. The Seoul Metropolitan Police conducted an on-site investigation at one hospital located in […]

A South Korean regulator is bracing for a legal battle with Facebook parent Meta and Google after the companies filed a lawsuit last month against the privacy watchdog’s decision to give them the largest fine in the agency’s history, 100 billion won ($75 million), for violating the nation’s privacy law. According to the Personal Information […]

* This article was written in collaboration with Ringle. Are you someone who always forgets passwords and finds yourself struggling to reset login information? Welcome to the club! It has only been more and more difficult to remember every single password for different types of online services. Some of us have dealt with this stress […]

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 […]