Overview
- An email threatened to detonate a device at Hyundai Group’s Jongno-gu building at 11:30 a.m. and warned of a second attack at Yangjae-dong unless 13 bitcoin were paid.
- Hyundai evacuated both locations as special forces and bomb squads searched the sites and temporarily sealed surrounding areas.
- No explosives were found, authorities labeled the message a hoax, and operations later returned to normal with no injuries or damage reported.
- Police said no ransom was paid, valuing the 13 bitcoin demand at roughly $1.1 million at current prices.
- The incident follows recent threats targeting Kakao, Samsung Electronics, Naver, and KT, which also prompted searches that uncovered no devices.