4+ hour, 29+ min ago  (252+ words) March 20 (Asia Today) -- Coupang interim CEO Harold Rogers joined an overnight to dawn delivery shift in Seongnam, south of Seoul, after accepting a lawmaker's request at a National Assembly hearing to experience the job firsthand. Rogers worked from 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to…...

1+ day, 47+ min ago  (364+ words) March 19 (Asia Today) -- A suspected deepfake job applicant infiltrated an online hiring interview at a Japanese IT company, raising concerns about possible links to North Korean schemes to secure overseas employment and generate foreign currency. According to a report Thursday…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (527+ words) SEOUL, March 16 (UPI) -- North Korea-linked hackers carried out a spear-phishing campaign that used the popular South Korean messaging platform KakaoTalk to spread malware and steal sensitive information, according to a cybersecurity report released Monday. The campaign was attributed to the…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (527+ words) SEOUL, March 16 (UPI) -- North Korea-linked hackers carried out a spear-phishing campaign that used the popular South Korean messaging platform KakaoTalk to spread malware and steal sensitive information, according to a cybersecurity report released Monday. The campaign was attributed to the…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (273+ words) SEOUL March 13 (UPI) -- South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission, or PIPC, said it has imposed a $64 million fine on Lotte Card for a personal data leak. Lotte Card, which is owned by private equity firm MBK Partners, faced investigations by…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (477+ words) March 10 (Asia Today) -- Major U.S. investors in Coupang have withdrawn a petition filed with the Office of the United States Trade Representative requesting a Section 301 investigation into the South Korean government's treatment of the company. The investors, Greenoaks and Altimeter, said…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (373+ words) March 9 (Asia Today) -- South Korea's e-commerce market is showing signs of shifting toward Naver after a personal data breach at rival platform Coupang, with user traffic and transactions increasingly moving to Naver's shopping ecosystem. Data compiled by WiseApp Retail showed…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (407+ words) Feb. 22 (Asia Today) -- Regulatory scrutiny of South Korea's online platform industry is intensifying following a personal data breach at Coupang, raising concerns that expanding oversight could dampen innovation among startups. As the government and National Assembly move to revise related…...

1+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (273+ words) Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The University of Mississippi Medical Center closed its 35 clinics throughout Mississippi on Friday after being targeted in a ransomware attack. Medical center officials also canceled all elective medical procedures that were scheduled for the day and rescheduled all…...

1+ mon, 15+ hour ago  (362+ words) Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Three Silicon Valley engineers have been indicted on federal charges of stealing trade secrets from Google and two other companies and sending them to Iran. Samaneh Ghandali, 41, Mohammadjavad Khosravi, 40, and Soroor Ghandali, 32, all of San Jose, are facing…...