Topic: South Korea

S. Korea game maker vows tighter user security

South Korea's top games developer vowed Monday to tighten security after the personal information of 13 million users of its popular online game was leaked.Nexon Korea apologised for the hacking last week, which revealed data including user IDs, names, passwords and residential ...

South Korea police probe Samsung Card over data breach

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said they had begun investigating Samsung Card over the alleged leakage of personal information on its customers.The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said in a statement on Thursday that a Samsung Card employee was suspected of leaking ...

South Korea watchdog probes Hyundai Capital data breach

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's financial watchdog launched an investigation on Monday into the leak of personal information from South Korea's Hyundai Capital, the consumer finance unit of Hyundai Motor Group, a Financial Supervisory Service official said.Hyundai Capital said personal information on ...

SKorea police raid Google over Street View service

South Korean police investigators raided Google's Seoul offices on Tuesday on suspicion the Internet search company was illegally gathering personal information for its street mapping service.. Police official Ahn Chang-soo says a cybercrime unit is investigating Google Korea for possibly violating South ...

S.Korea to probe huge online data leak

South Korea said Friday it would launch a probe into security systems of major retailer Shinsegae and 24 other companies after private data on some 20 million customers was leaked.In 2008 private information on some 10 million customers was leaked through hacking ...

S.Korea web firm not to blame for hack hit: court

A South Korean Internet auction site was not to blame for the leakage of personal information on millions of users after hackers breached its system, a court ruled Thursday.Internet Auction, a subsidiary of US firm eBay, was hacked in February 2008, leading ...