“Weekend Briefing” is a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers of The Readable every Friday. A series of recent cyber incidents across the globe has exposed critical vulnerabilities in sectors ranging from aviation and telecoms to political institutions and tech infrastructure. From Qantas grappling with a breach threatening millions of customer records, to sophisticated North Korean […]
“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 […]
Tackling smart home hacks has emerged as one of the key promises made in local elections in South Korea. Bae Kook-hwan, the Democratic Party’s candidate for the Seongnam mayoral election, promised to protect personal data from smart home hacks. In a statement released to the press last Tuesday, Bae stressed that he would put an […]
South Korea became the first country in Asia to join the highly renowned NATO cyber defense group, South Korea’s intelligence agency stated Thursday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in the statement that it had been formally admitted into the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE). Alongside South Korea, Canada and Luxemburg were […]
The incoming government of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol plans to tear down barriers across government agencies to improve data-sharing between the public and private sectors, the chief of the transition team, Ahn Cheol-soo, said. “We are already ten years behind other countries in the data industry. If we don’t implement changes in the upcoming presidency, we […]