Two men walk past a KB Kookmin Bank branch in Seoul on Oct. 11, 2026. The country's largest retail bank plans to increase its cybersecurity budget to more than 100 billion won (US$74 million) in 2027, up from 86.07 billion won this year, following a series of recent hacking attacks on local lenders. (Yonhap)

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