Naver and the Korean National Police Agency said on the 24th that they signed a business agreement to prevent and eradicate "telecommunications-based financial fraud." Through this agreement, Naver and the Korean National Police Agency agreed to respond together to increasingly sophisticated phishing crimes—such as voice phishing and investment "leading rooms"—that are spreading across various internet platforms.
At the agreement ceremony held that day in the integrated response task force conference room of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, attendees included Yoo Bong-seok, Naver CRO (chief risk officer), and Shin Hyo-seop, head of the telecommunications-based financial fraud integrated response task force at the Korean National Police Agency, along with officials from both organizations.
To that end, Naver plans to support the Korean National Police Agency's proactive crime prevention by deploying a "triple-layer prevention net" that preemptively suppresses criminal attempts on its platforms using its own artificial intelligence (AI) and security technologies.
First, Naver will cooperate on technology-based crime prevention by training spam-filtering AI on platforms such as Band (BAND) with the latest crime data accumulated by the Korean National Police Agency during investigations, including deceptive phrases and keywords impersonating institutions and celebrities. When a post suspected of criminal activity is created on the platform, Naver will display a warning pop-up according to internal standards or take preemptive steps to block further harm.
In addition, it will implement a fast-track sanction to detect criminals' access to the platform and promptly restrict use for any account exploited for crime. When the Korean National Police Agency shares in real time with Naver a list of "phone numbers used for fraud" that have been urgently blocked by telecom carriers via 112 reports and simple tip-offs, Naver will take measures such as restricting use for users who signed up with and operate under those numbers to prevent additional damage.
Naver and the Korean National Police Agency also agreed to build an automatic detection system to fundamentally block malicious apps from running on devices. When the Korean National Police Agency provides the latest malicious app information used for institution-impersonation voice phishing and similar schemes, Naver will embed it in its various services, including the Naver app, Naver Pay, and the Whale browser. If users run the relevant app, a security module will safely detect the presence of malicious apps on the device, immediately warn them, and prompt deletion.
Shin Hyo-seop, head of the telecommunications-based financial fraud integrated response task force at the Korean National Police Agency, said, "As voice phishing and investment leading-room scams are spreading via platforms, this agreement with Naver will be a practical and symbolic turning point that dramatically raises the barrier to entry for crime," and emphasized, "We will further strengthen our public-safety partnership with private corporations to protect the public's valuable assets."
Naver CRO Yoo Bong-seok said, "Naver has worked on multiple fronts to provide a safe internet environment, including improving pattern-detection tools for lures to external phishing sites," and added, "Going forward, through cooperation with the Korean National Police Agency, we will build a faster and more advanced response system and continuously reinforce our user-protection capabilities."