Anne Neuberger, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and former U.S. national security official, warned that small U.S. towns face mounting security threats, citing ransomware incidents that halt 911 systems and expose student records. She said rural hospitals sometimes pay ransoms above $100,000 and lack budgets, staff and technical capacity. Neuberger promoted the nonprofit SAIF, incubated by a16z, which will provide free AI and security tools, training and incident response through on-site engineering support.

Shinhan Bank confirmed a leak of personal and credit information affecting about 25,000 customers after an abnormal method was used to bypass authentication and access some services. The leaked data include names, phone numbers, annual income and calculated loan limits, as well as 66 resident registration numbers and 97 CI linkage identifiers. South Korea\'s Financial Supervisory Service began an emergency on-site inspection. The incident is expected to raise questions about Shinhan Bank\'s information protection and internal control systems.