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Korea to merge Kobaco and KCMF after bill clears parliamentary committee

A bill to merge the Korea Broadcast Advertising Corp (Kobaco) and the Korea Communications Media Foundation (KCMF) to create the Korea Broadcasting Media Communications Promotion Institute has passed the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee. The committee approved amendments including a revision to the Framework Act on Broadcasting and Communications Development. Some broadcasting, media and communications projects scattered across related agencies under the Ministry of Science and ICT would be transferred to the new body.

AI & Enterprise

KISA says South Korean caching DNS operators should check new crypto key update

The Korea Internet & Security Agency urged operators of caching Domain Name System servers in South Korea to conduct checks ahead of a root zone DNSSEC key signing key replacement by ICANN on Oct. 12 at 0100 KST. KISA said caching DNS servers that do not reflect the new cryptographic key by the changeover may fail to resolve all domain names within about 48 hours, preventing users from accessing internet services.

Telecommunications & Media

Almost all Tving accounts compromised after poor access key management

Tving suffered a hacking incident that leaked information on 39.54 million user accounts, effectively all accounts on the platform, an investigation team said on Wednesday. Attackers stole a developer access key, penetrated the development environment and then accessed production systems to extract personal data. Leaked data included IDs, encrypted passwords and other personal information, while 361 development projects containing source code were also taken. No confirmed misuse has been found so far.