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Adapting existing local LLM project for security and sovereignty purposes and hopes to one day match Mythos

Investigators Found Months of Unchecked Database Scraping ActivitySouth Korea's privacy regulator fined Coupang a record 624.7 billion won after concluding that weak authentication controls, insider access abuse, evidence destruction and unauthorized data collection contributed to the exposure of personal information belonging to 33.7 million people.

​​The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), South Korea's data protection regulator, has fined e-commerce giant Coupang a record 624.6 billion won (roughly $409 million) following a massive data breach affecting more than 37 million customers [...]

The North Korean state-sponsored threat actor known as Kimsuky (aka Velvet Chollima) has been attributed to a fresh set of cyber attacks targeting South Korean military and corporate entities through March and April 2026

South Korea's local elections next month will be a test bed for how effective regulations might be to stymie the flow of deepfakes.

The Iran-linked hacking group MuddyWater (a.k.a. Seedworm, Static Kitten) launched a broad cyber-espionage campaign targeting at least nine high-profile organizations across multiple sectors and countries. [...]

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of a known malware called LOTUSLITE that's distributed via a theme related to India's banking sector

Also: ZachXBT Uncovers DPRK Worker Scam, Hyperbridge Hack, Coinone FineThis week, Operation Atlantic disrupts $45M phishing fraud, ZachXBT uncovers DPRK crypto worker scheme, Hyperbridge exploit, South Korea fines Coinone $3.5M, Kraken faces extortion attempt over insider data leak and American musician loses $420K in fake Ledger app.

Threat actors likely associated with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have been observed using GitHub as command-and-control (C2) infrastructure in multi-stage attacks targeting organizations in South Korea

A Shipping Crisis in the Middle East Is Now a Chip Crisis Everywhere ElseThe Strait of Hormuz crisis is amplifying a supply crunch in the specialist memory chips that power AI, and analysts say the industry's concentration in South Korea makes the timing particularly uncomfortable.

North Korean threat actors have been observed sending phishing to compromise targets and obtain access to a victim's KakaoTalk desktop application to distribute malicious payloads to certain contacts

Also: US' Multi-Million Dollar Scam Funds SeizureIran exchange leak raises sanctions risks, $580M frozen in scam crackdown, $61M romance scam funds seized, feds seek $327K in dating scam case, Russia exploit broker sanctioned, South Korean wallet recovery phrase exposure and arrest in custody bitcoin theft, Axiom data misuse and Uniswap lawsuit ends.

Went from triumph at having busted tax dodgers to embarrassment at losing the proceeds South Korea’s National Tax Service has apologized after it leaked passwords to a stash of stolen crypto, which parties unknown used to make off with the digi-cash.…

South Korea's National Tax Service accidentally exposed the mnemonic recovery phrase of a seized cryptocurrency wallet in an official press release, allowing hackers to steal 6.4 billion won ($4.8M) worth in cryptocurrency. [...]

Also: IoTex Bridge Exploit Linked to Private Key BreachThis week, Step Finance shuts down, IoTeX bridge exploit, Russia-linked exchanges help evade sanctions, Australian charged in $3.5 million scam, a hacker returned $21 million in seized bitcoin to South Korean prosecutors and Malaysia arrested 12 police officers in an extortion case.

Public prosecutor mulls sentencing following investigations into two separate attacks Two South Korean teenagers were this week charged with breaching Seoul's public bike service, Ttareungyi.…

Also: Coinbase's Agentic AI Wallets, $1M Fraud IndictmentThis week, Paxful's $4M AML penalty, Coinbase's agentic AI wallets, a $1M fraud indictment, a 20-year $200M Ponzi sentence, laundering from the $200M Mixin hack, a Binance France home invasion attempt, insider betting charges in Israel and lost seized bitcoin in South Korea.

South Korea has fined luxury fashion brands Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior Couture, and Tiffany $25 million for failing to implement adequate security measures, which facilitated unauthorized access and the exposure of data belonging to more than 5.5 million customers. [...]

Also, South Korea gets a pentesting F, US Treasury says bye bye to BAH, North Korean hackers evolve, and more Infosec in Brief As if AI weren't enough of a security concern, now researchers have discovered that open-source AI deployments may be an even bigger problem than those from commercial providers. …

Also: CZ on Trump Pardon, Arrest in Crypto-Linked Drug CaseThis week, South Korean prosecutors probed missing seized bitcoin. CZ said a Trump pardon eased his conviction burden. A former Olympian arrested in a crypto-linked drug case. The U.S. SEC dropped litigation against Gemini Earn. Major hacks and a $37 million laundering prison sentence.