South Korea’s military faced more than 18,000 cyberattack attempts last year, a five-year high, while struggling to retain specialists trained to defend against such threats, according to a report released by a lawmaker’s office on Sunday. The report, based on Defense Ministry data submitted to Rep. Yu Yong-weon of the main opposition People Power Party, showed 18,951 cyberattack attempts against the military in 2025, up 31 percent from around 14,400 a year earlier. The figure had fallen to arou