Korea - hackers' safe haven

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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2014/04/133_155401.html

By Kim Yoo-chul
The Korea Times
2014-04-15

Around 35 million of Korea's population of 52 million population use 
mobile devices.

But with this rising connectedness comes increased vulnerability to 
hacking; but so far, the country has failed to protect user information 
from hacking and other cyber security attacks.

"It's fair to say Korea has emerged as a haven for hackers," said Chun 
Kil-nam, an expert in cyber security and a former professor at the Korea 
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Tuesday.

"But what’s worse is that the country has no comprehensive plans to ward 
off technologically sophisticated hackers and criminals," Chun said.

Global security software firm Symantec said in a recent analysis that the 
confidential information of over half-a-billion people around the world 
was hacked last year. Korea alone accounted for 20 percent of those.

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