SEOUL, Jun. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, said Wednesday it lost 35 billion won (US$31.5 million) worth of cryptocurrencies in a hacking attack, highlighting concerns that cryptocurrency exchanges are vulnerable to cyber attacks. The theft took place between Tuesday night and dawn on Wednesday, Bithumb said in a statement. Bithumb [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A new printer hack that was reported on in the U.S. last week has also reached South Korea. EST Security, a local web security firm, said Monday that it was aware of multiple instances of customers reporting that their devices printed messages saying “your printer has been owned,” and [...]
SEOUL, August 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A police investigation has discovered that the unauthorized usage of Homeplus mobile gift cards was the result of malicious action on the part of Chinese hackers, and not duplication issues caused by computing errors. The cybercrime investigation department of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency revealed that they have placed three [...]