South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) found that the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek transmitted sensitive user data to ByteDance servers, highlighting severe security flaws. Key issues included disabled iOS encryption protections, weak encryption standards, and SQL injection vulnerabilities. With a lack of user consent for data sharing, DeepSeek’s downloads face suspension amid increasing scrutiny of foreign AI tools and concerns over user privacy.

Increasing Healthcare Security Behind and Beyond the Firewall
The healthcare industry is highly targeted by cyberattacks, with ransomware groups like Blackcat causing severe disruptions and costs of up to $1 billion daily. Over