Data Universe Successfully Concludes "Service Development Competition for Phishing and Scam Prevention"

647 Participants
Discovery of Highly Feasible MVP Models

Kangwon Suk, CEO of Data Universe Inc., is taking a commemorative photo with the teams that advanced to the finals of the phishing and scam prevention competition.

ICT specialist company Data Universe Co., Ltd. (CEO Sukkyoon Kang) announced on March 3 that it successfully concluded the "Service Development Competition for Phishing and Scam Prevention" on February 26.

The competition, organized by Data Universe and sponsored by the Korean National Police Agency, was designed to discover effective ideas to counter the growing threat of phishing in everyday life. The event, which was held for about a month starting January 14, attracted a total of 647 participants, demonstrating high public interest in phishing prevention. The six teams that advanced to the finals presented their creative anti-phishing services during an offline presentation assessment.

As a result of the on-site evaluation, the grand prize went to the Darkwinterlab team, which presented the "Naver Blog OSINT-based Phishing Alert Service." Darkwinterlab received high marks for both technical completeness and the potential to realize an actual service (MVP). The team was awarded the grand prize, 5 million won in prize money, and a letter of appreciation from the Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency. The Excellence Award (Doguchai team) and the Merit Award (Joheunsaramdeul team) were accompanied by certificates and prize money of 3 million won and 2 million won, respectively.

Data Universe announced plans to implement the ideas from all participating teams, including the six finalists, into real-world services and link them to the company's offerings to generate tangible effects in preventing voice phishing, thereby contributing to solving social issues.

Commenting on this, Sukkyoon Kang, CEO of Data Universe, said, "As phishing crimes become increasingly sophisticated, technological responses are more important than ever. Based on the creative ideas discovered through this competition, we will contribute to strengthening the social safety net for phishing prevention."

Meanwhile, Data Universe is currently providing the voice phishing prevention service "Smart Phishing Protection," and from March, plans to continue its public voice phishing prevention campaign on Seoul Subway Lines 5 and 9.

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