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19 IP Addresses Behind Recent Hacking Attacks Against Korean Financial Institutions: Watchdog

Summary by The Korea Times
The country's financial watchdog has pinpointed 19 internet protocol (IP) addresses in the United States, Japan and 10 other countries used for a series of recent hacking attacks against Korean financial institutions, industry sources said Tuesday. Several financial companies, including Hana Bank, KB Kookmin Bank and Shinhan Bank, suffered back-to-back leaks of customer information in recent hacking attacks last week, raising concerns that more …

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The U.S. has the most with 5, and one in Korea... Infiltration by circumvention to evade tracking; Industry suspects originating from China... Financial institutions to continue 'self-inspections' until the day after tomorrow. Reporters Han Ji-hoon and Yoo Dong-hyun = Financial authorities are investigating hacking attacks in the financial sector suspected of utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) agents and

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Financial authorities have decided to urgently convene a meeting of the Online Investment-Linked Finance (On-tu) sector, which has the earliest known hacking attempts to date. They plan to investigate potential connections, as the attackers' IP addresses used against KB Kookmin and Shinhan Banks reportedly overlap partially with those of the On-tu sector. According to the financial industry on the 5th, the Financial Services Commission plans to …

It has been reported that financial authorities have identified 19 internet addresses (IPs) in connection with suspected AI-based hacking attacks targeting financial companies, including commercial banks.

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조선일보 broke the news on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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