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. Dain Oh and Minkyung Shin collaborate in monitoring, selecting, and reviewing the news articles, with Arthur Gregory Willers contributing to improve the overall readability […]
A leading South Korean cybersecurity expert cautioned that the convergence of artificial intelligence with advanced technologies—such as semiconductors, quantum computing, and biotechnology—could bring about serious risks to global peace and security. Yoon Jung-hyun, a research fellow at the Center for Science, Technology, and Cybersecurity at the Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS), discussed potential security […]
In September 2023, Singapore launched an initiative aimed at fostering talent, innovation, and growth in the cybersecurity industry. Led by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and the National University of Singapore (NUS), the program has evolved into an international cybersecurity innovation hub, attracting startups from around the world. The CyberSG Talent, Innovation, and […]
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 […]
Hello, this is Kuksung Nam and Dain Oh in South Korea. The Readable has picked four news stories for you. Have a great weekend! 1. Korean government’s cloud computing policy draws sharp criticism from lawmakers South Korean lawmakers denounced the government’s new cloud computing cybersecurity certificate on Tuesday at the parliamentary audit, saying that the […]
A South Korean lawmaker sharply criticized the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and its affiliated public institutions for a lack of cybersecurity awareness. “Although the cybersecurity posture of the affiliated public institutions turns out to be alarming every year, the department and its institutions do not make the effort to improve,” said Eom Tae-young, […]
South Korean military detected 42,847 cases of attempted hacking on its computer network from 2017 to 2021. More than eleven thousand hacking attempts were conducted last year trying to break into the military’s computer network, which is almost three times more than five years ago. According to a press release on Tuesday by Lim Byung-heon, […]
Cybersecurity researchers in South Korea and the United States will put their heads together with an aim to restrain ransomware attacks around the world. According to a press release by Sejong University, researchers at four different institutions of cybersecurity located in South Korea and the United States, including the University of Virginia and MITRE, will […]
Hello, this is Kuksung Nam in South Korea. The Readable has picked five news stories for you. They include two news articles by Dain Oh, who covered the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul from Tuesday to Thursday. Have a great weekend! 1. South Korean police capture man accused of 14 billion won crypto hack South […]