GMARKET SUFFERS UNAUTHORIZED PAYMENT INCIDENT AFFECTING 60 USERS AMID HACKING WOES

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Financial authorities have begun an emergency on-site inspection of the Korean e-commerce platform Gmarket after reports of unauthorized mobile payments. The attackers purchased mobile gift certificates using credit cards registered with Gmarket's simple payment service. Gmarket claims that the unauthorized payments resulted from account compromise, not a data breach.