South Korea to overhaul financial cybersecurity amid growing AI threats
By Choonsik Yoo ( November 5, 2026, 09:23 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea plans to overhaul its financial-sector cybersecurity framework to strengthen defenses against growing AI-related threats, after 37 financial companies reported hacking incidents involving 473,000 cases of data leakage in just over a month. The Financial Services Commission on Thursday outlined plans to carry out sector-wide inspections by the end of the year to address AI-driven threats, establish a shared hacking-monitoring system, lift network separation requirements and expand AI use for cyber defense.South Korea plans to overhaul its financial-sector cybersecurity framework to strengthen defenses against growing AI-related threats, following a series of data breaches affecting nearly 40 companies over the past month....
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