HYBE Says Hackers Took Employees’ ID, Passport, Bank and Medical Data in Two Breaches
BTS agency HYBE says intruders took staff resident registration, passport, bank, card and medical data in September and October breaches.
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North Korean Hackers Now Hold More Bitcoin Than Tesla After the $6.3 Billion Binance Heist
The FBI says North Korea’s TraderTraitor stole $6.3 billion from Binance, including 18,270 bitcoin, roughly three times the country’s annual exports.
Apple Admits Its Foldable iPhone Cracks; Korean Buyers Are Returning Even Intact Ones
Apple acknowledged a hinge-area display defect three days after the iPhone Duo launch, and in Korea even owners of working units are asking for refunds.
Sam Altman Flew to Korea for 16 Hours to Lecture 50 Samsung Presidents on AI
OpenAI’s CEO made a surprise one-day trip to lecture Samsung’s top brass, gift a tiny Codex keyboard, and lunch with SK’s chairman amid a memory chip crunch.
Gangnam’s Famous Rebuild Apartments Are Selling Billions of Won Below Peak
Gangnam’s reconstruction apartments are trading billions of won under their records while the rest of Seoul keeps rising. Here’s why.
SK hynix Posts an 80% Operating Margin and Pledges 100 Trillion Won to Shareholders
SK hynix booked a record 104.6 trillion won quarter at a 79.7% margin, says memory is sold out through 2029, and will return about $75 billion to shareholders.
South Korea’s Homegrown KF-21 Fighter Just Flew Its First Formation With US Jets — Including a U-2 Spy Plane
A month after entering service, South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae flew in formation with US F-35s, F-16s and a U-2S over the Yellow Sea — days before the Freedom Flag drills began.