Week 9, 2024 security incident report

From February 26 to March 3, 2024, the incident that drew the most attention in South Korea was a DDoS attack targeting the LCK that delayed and halted matches and disrupted live broadcasts. At Something, the theft of 730 million SSX tokens worth about 18 billion won was followed by the end of trading support, and an indictment over the leak of information on 39,000 patients and North Korea's theft of SLBM underwater launch technology were also covered. Personal data leaks (24) and hacking/intrusion cases (18) accounted for most incident types, and in South Korea the patterns varied from disruptions to service operations to damage involving crypto assets, medical information and military technology. Overseas, ransomware at UnitedHealth compromised the information of 192.7 million people and disrupted prescription drug orders, medical billing and payments, and leaks of patient information at Cencora and of card information via a third-party vendor at American Express also occurred.