Abstract:
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday directed relevant officials to consider forming a cybersecurity task force dedicated to strengthening cybersecurity in response to the increasing number of hacker attacks targeting financial institutions.
Li Zaiming made the above instructions at a cabinet meeting. Previously, many financial institutions in South Korea suffered from hacker attacks one after another, resulting in the leakage of customer information; recently affected institutions include Mirae Asset Global Investments, cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, and Daishin Securities.
Li Zaiming called for the establishment of a "comprehensive prevention system" against network security threats. He pointed out that these threats have become increasingly serious, not only endangering the country's economy and security, but also posing a major threat to people's daily life.
He said that, driven by the development of artificial intelligence (AI), hacking techniques are becoming increasingly complex and widespread, which fully exposes the obvious limitations of the existing security protection system.
He emphasized the need for relevant discussions to establish a specialized agency across government departments responsible for ensuring network security in the public and private sectors.
He specifically instructed officials to "actively study the establishment of a coordinating agency responsible for network security" so that it can serve as a powerful and efficient "command tower" in network security management.
Lee Jae-ming also instructed to thoroughly improve network security shortcomings involving important national institutions and critical infrastructure (such as information communications, energy and financial fields).
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