Tag: Samsung Electronics
Samsung announces data breach, source code access for Galaxy devices
March 9, 2022SSN Staff
SEOUL—Electronics giant Samsung Electronics has announced that hackers recently breached its internal company data, allowing access to source codes of its Galaxy devices, including smartphones and tablets.
“According to our initial analysis, the breach involves some source code relating to the operation of Galaxy devices but does not include the personal information of our consumers or employees,” Samsung said in a statement. “Currently, we do not anticipate any impact...
Samsung establishes smart home demonstration zone in Busan
December 27, 2021SSN Staff
SEOUL—Samsung Electronics has announced the establishment of a smart home demonstration zone that will be built in the southern port city of Busan by 2023.
The smart home demonstration zone was established as a pilot demonstration project for Eco-Delta City, an 11.8-square-kilometer-wide smart home town that is the size of about one and a half football fields.
Samsung visualized a demonstration town cluster of 56 smart homes equipped with 15 kinds of connected home appliances, including...
Samsung has new majority owner
December 10, 2014Martha Entwistle
Video surveillance provider Samsung Techwin has a new majority owner, Hanwha Group, a $34 billion conglomerate based in South Korea.
The deal, announced Dec. 5 is "a stock transaction, not an acquisition," Samsung's senior marketing group manager Tom Cook said during a Dec. 8 conference call.
Samsung Electronics announced Dec. 5 that it had entered into an agreement to sell its shares, which amount to a 32 percent stake in Samsung Techwin to Hanwha, which has expressed an interest in increasing...