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“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. This is Dain Oh reporting from South Korea, and here is your weekend briefing. 1. FSI expands cross-border cybersecurity efforts with Japan amid rising AI threats – The Readable South Korea’s Financial Security Institute (FSI) reaffirmed its commitment to global cyber […]
Daily Briefing is a curated listicle made available by The Readable. We select a handful of significant stories worth sharing with our readers and present them in an easy-to-read, accessible format. 1. Trump revenge tour targets cyber leaders, elections – Krebs on Security In April 2025, the Trump administration revoked the security clearance of former […]
Las Vegas ― At Google Cloud Next 25, the tech giant unveiled a sweeping vision for the future of cybersecurity, tightly woven with the fabric of artificial intelligence. At the forefront of this transformation are two major innovations: Security Agents and Google Unified Security (GUS). These technologies exemplify Google’s mission to reimagine the role of […]
The South Korean police conducted a nationwide operation to capture criminals who passed trading secrets overseas, discovering more than twenty cases of alleged technology theft, according to the Korean National Police Agency on Wednesday. In a press release, the National Office of Investigation of the KNPA revealed the result of their nine-month investigation aimed at […]
Hwang Soo-hoon, a former director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), took office at the National Security Research Institute (NSR) as the new chief on Wednesday, beginning a three-year term. Hwang Soo-hoon, the head of the National Security Research Institute. Source: The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute In a press release on November 15, the […]
A manufacturing company that used a rival company’s core intellectual property in its own production was found not guilty of stealing trade secrets by a South Korean court. Information that is not protected with minimum security measures cannot be considered trade secrets, the court ruled. According to a local news report by The Herald Business […]
A Chinese marketing firm created more than a dozen fake news websites and conducted propaganda campaigns against South Koreans, according to the South Korean intelligence agency on Monday. In a report, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) stated that they discovered eighteen fake news sites created by a Chinese […]
The Seoul Metropolitan Government successively removed explicit images and videos of a teenage victim with the help of artificial intelligence. The AI detected the materials within 22 seconds of their being uploaded, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday. In the press release, the Seoul Metropolitan Government described its seven-month progress in adopting an […]
“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. Our journalists select important news items from the previous week on topics ranging from privacy to policy development in cybersecurity, all to help you stay abreast of the latest breaking issues. And not only is this provided free of cost to […]
A Silicon Valley based venture capital firm is hosting an event where innovators can showcase their ideas and products. Assembling entrepreneurs and investors from South Korea and the United States, the event is scheduled to take place on November 16 at Plug and Play Tech Center, Sunnyvale, California. “We have organized this event to provide […]
“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. Our journalists select important news items from the previous week on topics ranging from privacy to policy development in cybersecurity, all to help you stay abreast of the latest breaking issues. And not only is this provided free of cost to […]
Controversy over election security in South Korea is intensifying, with only six months remaining until the next general election. As more facts about a security investigation of election systems emerge from a government audit undertaken by the National Assembly, the power struggle between South Korea’s electoral regulator and the national security watchdog continues to escalate. […]
The Constitutional Court of South Korea announced on Thursday that they dismissed a request for a judgement that asked nine internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to 895 websites with server name indication (SNI). The decision came by unanimous consent, concluding three-and-a-half years of controversy over censorship. According to a statement released by the […]
