Han Sung-sook Calls for Complete Overhaul of Security Systems... Dedicated Police Investigation Team Formed

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In the wake of the massive personal information leak in the financial sector, Prime Minister Han Sung-sook has ordered a complete overhaul of security systems. Meanwhile, the police have formed a dedicated investigation team to launch a formal probe.

Reporting by Lee Tae-gwon.

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Prime Minister Han Sung-sook held a meeting today at the Government Complex Seoul regarding the personal information leaks at financial and public institutions, urging that the complete overhaul of security systems be expedited as the fallout threatens to spread across industries, the government, and the public sector.

[Han Sung-sook / Prime Minister: Artificial intelligence is becoming commercialized. Given that it is difficult to prepare with existing security and inspection systems, we must hurry to carry out a comprehensive overhaul.]

The National Office of Investigation under the Korean National Police Agency announced that it has converted the financial sector hacking case into a formal investigation under charges of violating the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, and has formed a dedicated investigation team consisting of 28 members across 4 teams.

The Financial Services Commission also held an emergency meeting this morning, summoning the Online-to-Online (P2P) Finance Association and online-linked financial companies that suffered personal information leaks.

Meanwhile, it was confirmed that some of the attacker IP addresses used during the hacking of Shinhan Bank on September 29, which resulted in the leakage of 25,000 pieces of personal information, were identical to IPs that had already attempted to access Toss Bank's servers since January.

According to data submitted by Toss Bank to the National Assembly, the IP addresses in question attempted to access Toss Bank's internal servers three times on January 24, and 11 times in July and August.

However, no personal information leakage occurred as the access attempts were blocked.

[Choi Kyung-jin / Professor, Department of Law, Gachon University (President, Korea Privacy Professional Association): If continuous attacks from the same IP have taken place over a considerable period, the probability that it is the same hacker naturally increases. It is necessary to quickly check and share that information.]

In addition, it was found that IP addresses related to the recent hacking incidents also attempted server access at two life insurance companies, including Kyobo Life Insurance.

The Financial Supervisory Service has shared the attacking IPs and security precautions with the entire financial sector, and has instructed banks and credit card companies to complete emergency inspections by today, and securities firms, insurance companies, and savings banks by the day after tomorrow.

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