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KB Kookmin Bank Finds 2,091 More People Affected by Data Leak

Summary by The Korea Times
KB Kookmin Bank said Monday an additional 2,091 people were found to have had their personal information compromised in a hacking incident early this month. The discovery increased the total number of people affected to 2,210 after 119 people were confirmed on Oct. 2 to have had their personal data leaked. The additional people comprise 1,631 customers and 460 company executives and employees, the bank said. The increase was not caused by any ad…

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KB Kookmin Bank has confirmed additional victims of data leakage resulting from a previous hacking incident, bringing the total number of affected individuals to 2,210. On the 26th, the bank announced that, following an analysis conducted with relevant agencies, it identified data leaks affecting an additional 2,091 people, in addition to the 119 initially confirmed cases. The newly confirmed individuals include 1,631 customers and 460 employees…

The number of individuals whose personal information was leaked due to the hacking incident at KB Kookmin Bank has surged from the initially announced 119 to 2,210. The scale of the damage has ballooned by more than 18 times in just 24 days since the incident was disclosed. According to KB Kookmin Bank on the 26th, an additional 2,091 individuals were confirmed to have had their personal information leaked due to external hacking, bringing the …

The scale of damage from the data breach at KB Kookmin Bank has increased significantly compared to the initial announcement. As an additional 2,000 individuals were identified during a detailed analysis with regulatory authorities, urgent improvements to the customer information management system have become necessary. KB Kookmin Bank announced on the 26th that, following a detailed analysis conducted with regulatory authorities and relevant a…

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Monday, October 26, 2026.
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