The Broadcasting Media Communications Deliberation Committee requested corrective action such as deletion and access blocking for 33,869 cases of digital sex crime content in the first half of 2026. Illegal filming materials accounted for 18,604 cases, while deepfake sex crime videos totalled 15,179. The committee also reported 18,634 cases of voluntary measures by operators before formal review, up about 97 percent from a year earlier.

AhnLab said on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean National Police Agency to cooperate on responding to phishing crime. The two sides agreed to link information and analysis capabilities as malicious apps are increasingly used in voice phishing and other cyber crimes. AhnLab will analyze malicious app data collected during investigations, identify key threat information including C2 servers and share it with police, which will use it to track attacker activity and prevent spread.