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Japan financial services firm GMO to pay 5,000 yen to all customers after hack

Japanese companies hit by a series of cyberattacks are moving to compensate affected users, Reuters reported on Oct. 26. Online financial services firm GMO Internet Group will compensate customer losses after its foreign exchange trading service was attacked and will pay 5,000 yen to all customers as an apology. CEO Masatoshi Kumagai said attackers demanded $50 million in crypto and threatened to disclose company and customer data.

Telecommunications & Media

BMC waives TV licence fees for 2 months for flood victims in parts of South Gyeongsang, South Jeolla

South Korea\'s Broadcasting Media Communication Commission will waive TV licence fees for 2 months for residents in some parts of South Gyeongsang and South Jeolla designated as special disaster areas after heavy rain in August. It will also cut pay-TV fees for 1 month. The measure applies to residents whose disaster damage is confirmed, with no separate application required if verified by local governments.

Crypto

Mysterious string etched into Bitcoin for three weeks; Galaxy Digital says unlikely to be ciphertext

An unidentified string repeatedly recorded on the Bitcoin blockchain for three weeks is more likely data used to test automated tools than a genuine encrypted message, an analysis said. Galaxy Research, part of Galaxy Digital, reviewed the activity and found patterns consistent with automation and text characteristics that did not match common ciphers. The strings were written via OP_RETURN, enabled by relaxed Bitcoin Core v30 rules. Funding was traced to 0.033 bitcoin, but the operator was not identified.