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Daishin Securities Breach: 38,490 Customers Exposed

October 29, 2026 by Shoaib Hassan

Original editorial illustration of a dark Seoul financial-district skyline at night: one office tower with a single floor glowing amber while the rest stays dark, and a thin stream of glowing data fragments drifting from that floor toward the street below

Daishin Securities Breach: 38,490 Customers Exposed In brief Daishin Securities confirmed a breach exposing 38,490 customers’ personal and account details. What was taken, what is still unknown, and what to do now. Daishin detected signs of unauthorized access on October 17, 2026, on a server supporting remote account opening for discretionary investment services, and confirmed … Read more

South Korea Arrests Seven in Its First Large-Scale AI-Assisted Hacking Case

October 29, 2026October 28, 2026 by Shoaib Hassan

Original editorial illustration of a hooded figure at a laptop in a dark room, glowing file-folder icons streaming from the screen toward the silhouettes of ordinary buildings — a clinic, a school, a golf clubhouse — in a teal-and-amber grade

South Korea Arrests Seven in Its First Large-Scale AI-Assisted Hacking Case In brief Seoul police arrested seven people over an AI-assisted hacking campaign that hit 90 organizations and stole 8.2 million records. The alleged ringleader, a 32-year-old with no formal IT education, taught himself hacking from YouTube videos and online blogs, police say — then … Read more