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Hackers stole 7 million customers’ data tied to hundreds of websites

Hackers stole 7 million customers’ data tied to hundreds of websites

By Kuksung Nam, The Readable Feb. 21, 2023 7:27PM GMT+9 The South Korean police said on Monday that they have arrested twelve individuals belonging to a criminal group suspected of breaching 385 websites and stealing the personal data of almost 7 million customers. The leader, a 48-year-old male,

[Perspective] Security equals trust

[Perspective] Security equals trust

By Dain Oh, The Readable Feb. 17, 2023 7:07PM GMT+9 Being in the spotlight can bring pain and distress to the protagonist. On Thursday, almost all media outlets in South Korea gathered at one place in Seoul to listen to Hwang Hyeon-sik, CEO at LG Uplus, the telecommunication

LG Uplus invests $80M in cybersecurity after undergoing serial breaches

LG Uplus invests $80M in cybersecurity after undergoing serial breaches

By Dain Oh, The Readable Feb. 16, 2023 9:40PM GMT+9 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

Opinion: Collaborative effort needed to curb PDF security threats

Opinion: Collaborative effort needed to curb PDF security threats

By Thomas Park, General Manager of Korea Operations at Foxit Software Feb. 2, 2023 8:10PM KST Updated Feb. 10, 2023 2:17PM KST Portable Document Format (PDF) security is critical in today’s digital age because PDF is widely used as a standard for sharing documents with external parties.

Outsider’s eye: Real questions to ask to protect South Koreans online

Outsider’s eye: Real questions to ask to protect South Koreans online

By Kuksung Nam, The Readable Jan. 26, 2023 8:00PM KST Updated Jan. 27, 2023 8:05PM KST South Korea was definitely not on the top of the priority list when a German based cybersecurity researcher first started his career back in 2003 as a software developer. Although he had

[2023 Security Outlook] 10 Keywords that will dominate threat landscape

[2023 Security Outlook] 10 Keywords that will dominate threat landscape

By The Readable Jan. 20, 2023 9:00PM KST As a global news outlet which specializes in cybersecurity, The Readable has reviewed dozens of forecast reports published by diverse organizations regarding the threat landscape this year. Out of various topics that were covered in those reports, The Readable has extracted

Privacy watchdog probes into South Korean telecom giant’s customer data breach

Privacy watchdog probes into South Korean telecom giant’s customer data breach

By Kuksung Nam, The Readable Jan. 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

The man whose Log4j scanner saved the day for users worldwide

The man whose Log4j scanner saved the day for users worldwide

By Dain Oh, The Readable Dec. 29, 2022 8:00PM KST Updated Dec. 30, 2022 2:50PM KST On a Saturday afternoon, a disturbing link was uploaded to a company’s communication channel containing information about vulnerabilities that were discovered in a particular software application. One member of the firm

Security expert turned black hat, selling 400K houses’ private videos

Security expert turned black hat, selling 400K houses’ private videos

By Dain Oh, The Readable Dec. 21, 2022 8:00PM KST 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

Super app: Security issue that you should care in 2023

Super app: Security issue that you should care in 2023

By Kuksung Nam, The Readable Dec. 13, 2022 8:00PM KST Smartphone applications are becoming more convenient for users, providing multiple services from chatting to shopping in a single operation. However, this trend could be putting users’ personal information at high risk, an expert in mobile security said Tuesday. “If