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“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 […]
*Below are the full scripts of opening remarks and keynote speeches, provided by each speaker to The Readable. Opening remarks by Park Yun-kyu, 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science & ICT, Republic of Korea Excellencies, Distinguished Guests,Ladies and Gentlemen,Good afternoon,I am Park Yun-kyu, Vice Minister of Science and ICT of Korea.Congratulations on the […]
Samsung phone users may be able to deactivate or delete the Wi-Fi security application which is pre-installed in the latest Galaxy phones at their own will, according to the South Korean government on Wednesday. In a press release, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) stated that they held the 20th meeting and decided to issue administrative […]
Updated Jun. 22, 2023 10:30AM GMT+9 The South Korean government is providing 3.4 billion won ($2.6 million) in funding for private companies as part of a pilot program to enhance security capabilities across maritime and space. According to a press release on Tuesday, the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and the Korea Internet & […]
By Kuksung Nam, The ReadableJun. 13, 2023 7:44PM GMT+9 The South Korean government is looking into relaxing a rule that requires personal information handlers to change their password every six months. In a press release on Monday, the Office for Government Policy Coordination Prime Minister’s Secretariat stated that the password replacement rule was included among […]
By Dain Oh, The ReadableJun. 9, 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 encompass cybercrime, geopolitics, and privacy. There are no costs […]
By Kuksung Nam, The ReadableMay 19, 2023 8:21PM 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 encompass cybercrime, geopolitics, and privacy. There are no costs […]
By Kuksung Nam, The ReadableMay 17, 2023 7:19PM GMT+9 Cybercriminals actively used stolen credentials to gain initial access to their targets in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region last year, according to a cybersecurity expert on Wednesday. Oh Jin-suk, the head of security engineers in South Korea and North Asia at Mandiant, now officially owned by Google, […]
The South Korean military is planning to take part in annual multinational cyber exercises led by the United States, known as “Cyber Flag.” The Ministry of National Defense said on Wednesday that they announced their intention to regularly participate in the Cyber Flag exercise to their U.S. counterpart during the 8th South Korea and U.S. […]
Updated May 6, 2023 9:35AM GMT+9 San Francisco ― It was 2014 when Canadians found themselves falling victim to hacking. In July of that year, government investigators in Canada confirmed that the digital footprints, discovered in the network of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), belonged to Chinese state-sponsored hackers. The NRC is the […]
San Francisco ― Cybersecurity professionals gathered at the world’s largest cybersecurity conference from April 24 to 27 at the Moscone Center to share insights and look out to the future of the industry. Artificial intelligence was one of the most frequently mentioned topics during the RSA Conference. Speakers acknowledged AI as a gamechanger in the […]
