| Mobile Web

All articles List

AI & Enterprise

Public system penetration test finds resident ID numbers of tens of millions could be stolen

South Korea’s Board of Audit and Inspection released findings on Tuesday showing security vulnerabilities in government public systems holding large amounts of personal data. It conducted a mock hacking test on seven systems under the Personal Information Protection Commission and found personal data theft was possible in all of them. The audit also cited shortcomings in measures against external hacking and called for improvements in response steps and data protection.

Crypto

Crypto market loses $150 billion as traders shift to prediction betting

About $150 billion in value has evaporated in a crypto market downturn, prompting traders to move from meme coins to prediction markets that trade on binary outcomes such as elections, weather and central bank policy. Weekly volumes on Polymarket and Kalshi rose to $6 billion in January from about $500 million in June. App downloads surged, while Binance downloads fell more than 50 percent. Data show many prediction traders still lose money.