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Singapore―SICW 2024―David Koh is the first commissioner of cybersecurity in Singapore and the first chief executive (CE) of the Cyber Security Agency (CSA). Since the establishment of CSA in 2015, he has led the agency as CE while also serving as the chief digital security and technology officer at the Ministry of Digital Development and […]
Singapore―SICW 2024―The Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme (CLS), launched by Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency (CSA) as a voluntary program to rate commercial products based on their cybersecurity standards, has gained international momentum with South Korea joining its proactive efforts to protect the digital ecosystem. By signing a mutual recognition arrangement (MRA) with Singapore on October 16, South […]
Singapore―SICW 2024―Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean said Monday that the benefits of the digital world, such as societal progress and innovation, can only be achieved when digital technology is fundamentally trusted by the public. The senior minister made the statement to an audience at Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW), […]
South Korean authorities issued a series of warnings regarding hacking attempts that abused one of the country’s worst peacetime disasters, happening on the Halloween weekend in Seoul. The Office of National Security warned in a press statement on Tuesday that they have detected an attempted cyberattack which was related to the Halloween crowd surge, several […]
Hello, this is Kuksung Nam and Dain Oh in South Korea. The South Korean state audit of this year is heading towards the end. While various issues arose during the audit, a high-ranking official at the intelligence agency abruptly resigned from this post. Including this issue, The Readable has picked four news stories. Have a […]
The South Korean spy agency issued a statement on Thursday saying that the resignation of a former high-ranking official was due to personal reasons, brushing aside multiple speculations related to the reasons for his abrupt departure. Cho Sang-joon, the head of Planning and Coordination of the National Intelligence Service, abruptly resigned from his post on […]
A high-ranking official of the South Korean spy agency has abruptly resigned from his post, leaving questions about the reasons for his unexpected departure. Cho Sang-joon, the head of Planning and Coordination of the National Intelligence Service, has offered his resignation on Tuesday after approximately four months in office, reported local news outlets on Wednesday. […]
Hello, this is Kuksung Nam and Dain Oh in South Korea. An eight-hour fire at a data center has brought about unexpected consequences for South Korea, unplugging critical services for at least three days. KakaoTalk is an instant messaging application that 92% of South Koreans access daily. The South Korean president considered the Kakao outage […]
As drug trafficking is rising as a nationwide problem, South Korean prosecutors will form a drug squad which will specifically monitor the dark web and its illegal drug trade, reported local news outlets referring to an official document submitted by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on Thursday. According to the reports, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office plans […]
The South Korean police arrested an alleged leader and second in command of a criminal gang based in the Philippines. The suspects were involved in cross-border telephone fraud targeting South Koreans from 2017 to 2021. The Korean National Police Agency said in a press release on Thursday that the two suspects, who are both in […]
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered his team of chief secretaries on Monday to launch a task force dedicated to national security in response to the chaos which unplugged the nation for at least three days. The task force will be led by the Office of National Security. Kim Sung-han, the National Security Adviser, will […]
Authorities said on Monday that it had shut down a malicious website that was abusing the nation-wide confusion caused by a fire at a data center of South Korea’s popular mobile messenger company, Kakao Talk. The Ministry of Science and ICT said in a press release that the ministry and the Korea Internet & Security […]
Hello, this is Kuksung Nam in South Korea. During the past week of state audits, Korean government agencies faced severe criticism from the Congress over cybersecurity. The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and ICT were no exception. Among the various revelations from the audit, The Readable has picked one notable news story […]
