South Korea's Financial Security Institute Hit by Hacker Attack; Personal Information of About 300 Financial Institution Employees Leaked

深潮 TechFlow news, November 11 — According to Yonhap News Agency, the Financial Security Institute (FSI), a financial security agency under South Korea's Financial Services Commission, was hit by a hacker attack, causing hundreds of records to be leaked, including personal information of about 300 employees of financial institutions.

The report said the targeted system was the FSI's routine information security assessment system. Preliminary investigations showed the leaked data included about 200 administrative forms, more than 300 personal records such as names and dates of birth, and about 350 anonymized system user records.

The FSI immediately blocked the affected systems after detecting abnormal access on the afternoon of November 9 and reported the incident to regulators. Attackers reportedly carried out the attack by frequently changing IP addresses. No sensitive data such as customer credit information, ID numbers, or financial institutions' system security configurations has been found leaked so far. South Korea's financial regulators have called for a thorough investigation into the cause and for preventive measures.

Source: 深潮 TechFlow