Economy 365
External hacking attempts targeting the National Tax Service have surged this year.
From January to September this year, hacking attempts targeting the National Tax Service were tallied at 73,283 cases.
This is 2.8 times the total number of cases recorded over the five-year period from 2021 to last year, and 7.6 times compared to last year alone.
Attempts to leak information were the most frequent at 33,673 cases, accounting for 46% of the total.
Based on IP addresses, domestic attempts stood at 42,326 cases, while foreign attempts reached 30,957 cases.
Among foreign attempts, the United States accounted for 41.9% and Vietnam for 11.2%, with the two countries combined making up more than half.
The National Tax Service stated that while there were attempted attacks, there were no actual security breaches.
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