(Reuters) -A breach at U.S.-based cybersecurity company F5 has been blamed on state-backed hackers from China, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. F5, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. Earlier in the...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Treasury Wine Estates ( TSRYF ) shareholders grilled Chairman John Mullen over the Australian winemaker's poor performance, stock slump as well as his heavy workload, but he was re-elected by a wide margin at its annual general meeting on Thursday. Earlier this week, Treasury - one of the world's top five winemakers by volume - pulled earnings guidance...

* KOSPI index hits record high, Hyundai and Kia shares surge * South Korea seeks currency swap line to mitigate market impact of investment package * U.S. Treasury Secretary expects trade deal announcement within 10 days (Adds context, trade official comment, market reaction from paragraph 3) By Jihoon Lee SEOUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's chief presidential policy adviser...

By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM, Oct 16 (Reuters) - German startup Stark Defence on Thursday named Uwe Horstmann, the founding partner at venture capital firm Project A, as its chief executive officer. Stark's Virtus attack drones are deployed in Ukraine. It also makes an unmanned surface vessel called Vanta and AI command and control software called Minerva. We are developing a...