Kim Jang-gyeom (김장겸), a People Power Party lawmaker on the National Assembly’s Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, on Sunday submitted a bill dubbed the “anti-downplaying and concealment of hacking incidents act”. The main point is to grant government officials special judicial police authority to directly collect evidence and conduct investigations.
According to “Cyber Threat Trends in 2025 and Outlook for 2026” released by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), reported security incidents surged to 2,383 in 2025 from 1,277 in 2023, nearly doubling in two years.
But under current law, it is difficult for the government to compel investigations even if companies do not cooperate or conceal evidence. Last year, major telecommunications companies failed to comply with government orders to preserve data or discarded servers bearing traces of hacking before investigations began.
Through partial amendments to the Information and Communications Network Act and the Act on the Performance of Duties by Judicial Police Officers, Kim said the bill would designate certain Ministry of Science and ICT officials as incident investigators and allow them to investigate information and communications network intrusion crimes such as hacking and violations of data preservation orders. It also sets out institutional measures, including commissioning incident investigators from the ministry and related agencies such as KISA to assist and support incident investigators.
“Recent security incidents are causing property damage as well as personal information leaks, so active investigations and measures are needed,” Kim said. “If the government responds more actively with the introduction of special judicial police, companies will also invest more in security facilities and be more careful,” he said, explaining the need for the amendments.
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