Cybersecurity News that Matters

Cybersecurity News that Matters

“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. Yes24, one of South Korea’s largest online bookstores, allegedly paid a ransom worth tens of billions of won after hackers crippled its servers with a ransomware attack. Telus International AI, a Canadian AI data platform, was fined in South Korea following […]

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. South Korea is grappling with a wave of cybersecurity crises, as a string of data breaches and system failures spark public outcry and regulatory […]

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. Cyber threats and leadership shifts are drawing attention across key sectors. In South Korea, a ransomware attack has disrupted services at the country’s largest […]

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Intelligence agencies in South Korea and the United Kingdom issued a joint cybersecurity advisory on Thursday, disclosing hacking techniques adopted by North Korea’s state-sponsored hacking groups. On November 23, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the U.K.’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) jointly published a threat report revealing that North Korea conducted a series of […]

South Korea experienced a massive breakdown in its government network for nearly two days, leaving citizens and public service workers on edge before its full restoration on Sunday evening. On November 19, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) held a press briefing and announced that they have fully restored the government network. South […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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