( September 3, 2026, 05:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: South Korean streaming service Tving suffered a breach of its internal systems in which an attacker stole source code and information related to 39.54 million user accounts, according to a joint public-private investigation led by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The ministry said Thursday that the attacker also stole 361 development projects and other technical assets used to operate Tving, including content-recommendation and search algorithms and systems for user management, authentication and payments. Investigators found that the stolen source code allowed the attacker to identify vulnerabilities and exploit them to access about 39 million accounts, including duplicate accounts. The compromised data included user IDs, one-way encrypted passwords, names, phone numbers, email addresses and birth dates. The statement is attached (in Korean)....
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