South Korea finds hacking incidents at total of 16 financial firms
Regulators are probing whether AI was used and plan security inspections after about 100,000 personal data leaks, the FSC said.
- On Wednesday, the Financial Services Commission announced it will review hacking incidents affecting 16 financial firms in South Korea, with around 100,000 cases of personal information presumed leaked so far.
- Earlier this month, back-to-back customer information leaks struck financial firms including KB Kookmin Bank and Shinhan Bank, triggering the regulatory investigation.
- The Financial Services Commission confirmed that personal information including names and emails was compromised, although bank account and credit card numbers remained secure.
- FSC officials are conducting an in-depth investigation into hacking methods to determine whether artificial intelligence was involved, as affected institutions examine for additional breaches.
- The FSC will conduct security inspections at financial firms and prepare early detection and joint response measures to strengthen defenses against future hacking threats.
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In South Korea, cyber attacks are being investigated by 16 financial institutions, which could have led to the leaking of about 100,000 personal data.
It has been revealed that data leaks occurred at 16 domestic financial institutions due to hacking attacks suspected to have utilized artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The scale of the leak amounts to approximately 100,000 records. As investigations by financial authorities are ongoing, there is a possibility that the number of affected financial institutions could increase further. On the 14th, the Financial Services Commission [regarding] ‘…
Personal info presumed to have leaked from 16 financial institutions: regulator
Around 100,000 cases of leaked personal information, such as e-mails, names and phone numbers, are presumed to have happened at 16 financial institutions so far in a recent series of hackings, the financial regulator said Wednesday. Early this month, several financial firms, such as KB Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank and others, suffered back-to-back leaks of customer and other information in hackings. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said the…
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