Hacking attempts on BOK, state lenders top 1 million

South Korea's central bank and three state lenders recorded more than 1 million hacking attempts in the first nine months of the year, surpassing the total for all of 2025. The tally reached 1,024,478 through September, 9.6 percent more than last year's 934,858, according to data released Sunday by Rep. Kang Min-kuk of the People Power Party. The number of attempts per year has climbed from 358,800 in 2020. The institutions reported no breaches resulting from the attempts between 2020 and Septem

Source: The Korea Herald