Seoul, April 1 (IANS) US tech giant Apple has improved an emergency location-sharing feature on iPhones for South Korean users at the request of the Seoul government, officials said on Wednesday.The expansion of the service’s duration, from the previous five minutes to 30 minutes, came at the request of the Korea Media and Communications Commission (KMCC) to better help emergency responders to accurately identify the locations of iPhone users in need of emergency assistance, reports Yonhap news …
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Seoul, Jan 14 (IANS) South Korean cybersecurity authorities estimate that around 9.6 million accounts may have been affected by a recent cyberattack at Kyowon Group, a local education service provider, informed sources said on Wednesday.The estimate by a government investigation team that includes the Korea Internet & Security Agency comes after Kyowon Group reported a possible breach on Monday, saying it had detected traces of a ransomware attack, reports Yonhap news agency.Kyowon said it b…
Seoul, Dec 27 (IANS) Shinsegae I&C, the information technology (IT) arm of retail giant Shinsegae Group, said the personal data of about 80,000 employees and subcontractors had been breached, but no customer information was compromised.”We have confirmed that personal data of our employees and staff working at our subcontractors has been leaked from our internal intranet system,” the IT company said in a notice to the press about a data breach case.The affected information includes corporate…