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The presidential office convened an emergency meeting on Wednesday, October 28, to respond to a series of cyberattacks on local financial firms, with Third Deputy Director of the National Security Office Song Ki-ho leading the response, according to KBS World and Yonhap. The attacks hit brokerage Daishin Securities, cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, and asset manager Mirae Asset Global Investments, joining a growing list of victims in the financial sector, Korea Times reports. In response, the government plans large-scale vulnerability inspections on around 170 key private-sector IT infrastructures amid back-to-back breaches, Yonhap and Korea Times report. Korean reactions are not detailed in the supplied documents, but the emergency meeting and inspections reflect official concern over the incidents.