This is a review article written after watching a broadcast.
'Radio Star' Kim Kwang-kyu confessed to an anecdote about almost falling victim to voice phishing.
On the 22nd broadcast, MBC variety show 'Radio Star' (hereinafter 'Ras') featured a "we go together pretty well" special with Kim Kwang-kyu, Kim Wan-sun, Hong Yun-hwa and Jo Jazz.
That day Kim Kwang-kyu said, "I recently moved to Songdo, right? Just then I got a message offering a low-interest loan. It came as a text from a bank number. Don't you believe it? So I pressed it," he opened up.
Kim Kwang-kyu, who clicked the low-interest loan, became suspicious when they asked for his password. He recalled, "This is a bit strange. I felt like it was voice phishing, so I hung up briefly and called the police. Usually there is a dial tone but they picked up immediately. Their way of speaking was strange. Voice phishing perpetrators answered."
His cellphone had already been hacked. Kim Kwang-kyu explained, "I hung up and there is a landline at home. I called the police again from the home phone and the start was different. There was a dial tone so I asked to be transferred to the detective in charge of voice phishing and spoke with them. They told me to go to the bank to change my password and check with the cellphone shop to ask what measures to take."
Two malicious apps had been installed on the hacked cellphone. Kim Kwang-kyu said, "I deleted them and fortunately I didn't give away my password so I wasn't scammed. I got right up to the brink of voice phishing. Going that far, I think Korea's laws need to be strengthened a bit more," he shared his thoughts.
[Photo] 'Radio Star' broadcast screen capture
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