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Presidential office holds emergency meeting on financial hacks

On October 28, the presidential office convened an emergency meeting, led by Third Deputy Director of the National Security Office Song Ki-ho, to respond to a series of cyberattacks on local financial firms, including Mirae Asset and Bithumb, that led to customer data breaches. Yonhap and KBS World report the meeting was held Wednesday, with the Korea Times noting it was set to address the attacks. In a related move, the government plans large-scale vulnerability inspections on about 170 key private-sector IT infrastructures amid the back-to-back breaches, according to Yonhap and the Korea Times. Korean news coverage focuses on the official response; no blog or café reactions were supplied.

  1. Presidential office to hold emergency meeting over financial-sector hacking attacks Korea Times · 2026-10-28
  2. Presidential Office Convenes Emergency Meeting over Mirae Asset, Bithumb Hacks KBS World · 2026-10-28
  3. (LEAD) Presidential office holds emergency meeting over financial-sector hacking attacks Yonhap · 2026-10-28
  4. Gov't to carry out large-scale inspections into IT infrastructures amid recent hacking attacks Korea Times · 2026-10-28
  5. Gov't to carry out large-scale inspections into IT infrastructures amid recent hacking attacks Yonhap · 2026-10-28

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