South Korea: President Lee Calls for Powerful Government-Wide Cybersecurity Body as NIS Inspects Over 2,100 Institutions
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called at a cabinet meeting on November 3 for a powerful, government-wide cybersecurity body to coordinate security functions scattered across agencies. "The existing security system, which centres on inspections and after-the-fact responses, is showing clear limitations," Lee said, calling for a comprehensive preventive system to protect public services and critical infrastructure.
Lee said there is a need to discuss a government-wide task force spanning the public and private sectors, and asked officials to actively consider a powerful and effective cybersecurity 'tsar' body that can oversee and coordinate the scattered functions. He also referred to the multibillion-dollar theft affecting Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, but did not directly name North Korea, which the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has blamed for the attack; North Korea denied involvement the same day.
The National Intelligence Service has launched emergency security inspections covering more than 2,100 central government ministries, local governments and public institutions. South Korea has faced repeated cyber intrusions, its financial sector has been hit by attacks in recent weeks, and North Korean hackers have been blamed for numerous previous attacks on cryptocurrency companies, banks and government systems.
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 照片：韩国总统李在明出席七国集团峰会，the European Union 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 4.0 授权 / Photo: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the G7 summit, by the European Union, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
