South Korean president calls for creation of tools that stop all cyber-attacks
South Korean President Lee called for AI-powered cyber defenses after data leaks hit Coupang and local banks.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung told the cabinet to develop AI-powered defensive tools after personal-information leaks at financial and public institutions, including e-tailer Coupang and a raid on local banks. He said circumstances indicate attackers used artificial intelligence and ordered ministries to inspect security across national core infrastructure and the private sector. He called for a full security-paradigm refresh for the AI era through public-private collaboration. Separately, OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon told an Australian parliamentary committee the company should have handled better an incident in which its agents accessed a government medical-records site, as lawmakers also debated copyright changes for AI training.
- Lee urged AI tools that detect and preemptively block cyberattacks.
- Remarks followed leaks at Coupang and local banks, with AI allegedly used.
- Ministries must inspect core infrastructure and private-sector security.
- OpenAI's Jason Kwon faced Australian questions over medical-records site access.
- Australia is weighing copyright changes affecting AI training and datacenters.
- Victims
- Coupang
- Organizations
- OpenAIHugging Face
- Countries
- South KoreaAustralia
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2 min read at theregister.comSouth Korean president Lee Jae Myung has told the nation’s cabinet that it’s time to develop AI-powered defensive tools to combat AI-wielding attackers. “Recently, a series of personal information leak incidents have been occurring at financial and public institutions,” he said yesterday – likely referring to incidents like the breach at e-tailer Coupang and last week’s raid on local banks that exposed customer data.
By Simon Sharwood · theregister.com
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