Bithumb and Two Other South Korean Financial Institutions Confirmed Hacked

TechFlow reported that on October 28, according to Yonhap News Agency, the Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea confirmed cybersecurity incidents involving cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, Mirae Asset Management and Daishin Securities, with further investigation underway.

Daishin Securities disclosed that the personal and credit information of 38,490 customers had been leaked; Bithumb detected abnormal access to its internal mobile office system by unauthorized external individuals and is still analyzing the specific scope of the data breach. The Financial Supervisory Service has dispatched an on-site inspection team to Daishin Securities and required financial institutions to strengthen IT security protections.

Lee Chan-jin, head of the Financial Supervisory Service, said that as AI is used in cyberattacks, security vulnerabilities may be more easily discovered, and attacks targeting multiple institutions may become routine.

Source: TechFlow