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South Korea’s political unrest threatens the stability of global tech supply chains
“South Korea is a semiconductor superpower, especially in memory chips and camera sensor chips, accounting recently for some 18% of the world’s total semiconductor production capacity,” said Sujai Shivakumar, an expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). “It accounts for 60.5% of the global memory semiconductor market, with a DRAM market share of 70.5% and a NAND…
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What North Korea’s infiltration into American IT says about hiring – Computerworld
A Clearwater, FL IT security company called KnowBe4 hired a man named “Kyle” in July. But it turns out that the picture he posted on his LinkedIn account was a stock photo altered with AI. The company sent a work laptop to the address “Kyle” supplied, which was, in fact, a US-based collaborator. The “employee” tried to deploy malware on…
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Korea’s Hanon Systems notifies employees of data breach that compromised SSNs, contact info
South Korea’s Hanon Systems over the weekend confirmed it notified 1,205 Americans of a July 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, and contact information. Ransomware group Hunters International claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it stole more than 1.6 million files, or 2.3 TB of data. Hanon’s notice to victims states, “On July 21, 2024, HS was…
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