
AI-generated summary
Line Works entered the Taiwanese market in October of the previous year and has since gained adoption by over 10,000 users from 150 local companies and institutions. Hsinchu city is recognized as a technology hub in Taiwan, hosting major tech firms including TSMC.
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- Naver Cloud, the cloud operator of Naver Corp., said Monday its business messaging platform Line Works has been selected as the official business tool for the Hsinchu city government, marking its first entry into Taiwan's public sector.
The city is considered a tech hub of Taiwan, home to major tech giants, including the world's top chip manufacturer TSMC.
The agreement came as part of Hsinchu city's efforts to advance its administrative systems through the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and other smart systems, the cloud operator said.
Line Works made its official entry into the Asian country in October last year. It has since secured over 10,000 users from some 150 local companies and institutions.

The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) requested domestic cache DNS server operators to conduct a preliminary inspection as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will replace the root zone's DNSSEC key signing key (KSK) on the 12th of next month. Cache DNS that does not reflect the new encryption key may fail to look up domain addresses within about 48 hours, but it has already been reflected in about 95% of the world, so the possibility of a large-scale failure is low.

Unlicensed firms subcontracted for a battery replacement project at South Korea's National Information Resources Service caused a fire that crippled government online services for 95 days, with actual damages estimated at 351.1 billion won including social costs, far exceeding initial estimates, according to a Board of Audit and Inspection report.

South Korean security firm Genians Inc. reported that North Korea-linked hacking group Kimsuky used the open-source AI coding agent opencode to create decoy documents for malware distribution, based on analysis of 13 malicious files collected last month.

Busan City and the Busan Institute for the Promotion of Science and Technology for Higher Education announced that they will hold the 2nd Busan Future Technology Innovation Forum at BEXCO at 2 p.m. on the 9th under the theme of 'Smart Ocean City opening with AI in the era of the Northern Sea Route.' This forum is the official program of the Smart Ocean City Conference linked to the 2026 World Smart City Expo. Experts from the Busan Port Authority, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, and Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology will share the latest technology trends and conduct comprehensive discussions on topics such as smart ports, ship energy management in response to the Northern Sea Route, digital transformation of the marine industry, and marine data platforms.

According to a Kaspersky report, in the second quarter of this year, AI and LLM service vulnerabilities increased 10 times compared to the same period last year to 935 cases, and serious vulnerabilities increased 5 times to 119 cases. In addition, more than 33,300 cases of attacks on small and medium-sized businesses using malicious software disguised as AI services were detected, an increase of approximately five times compared to the same period last year, emphasizing the need for continuous security monitoring.

Hyundai WIA announced that it has begun supplying completely unmanned forklifts for the first time in Korea. This forklift, which utilizes lidar and vision sensors, is scheduled to be first applied to Kia Autoland Hwaseong from May next year, and is capable of safe work within the factory with a maximum load of 4 tons and a speed of 6.5 km per hour. Based on this, Hyundai Wia plans to build a total mobile robot solution and target the global market.