Lee Eok-yeon: "Even Basic Hacking Defenses Lacking… Must Block With AI"

Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-yeon pointed out on October 8 regarding recent hacking incidents targeting financial sector AI agents that "our response methods are severely lacking even in the most basic areas."

Answering a related question by lawmaker Han Chang-min of the Social Democratic Party during the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee audit targeting the FSC and other agencies that morning, Chairman Lee said, "It seems we need to thoroughly inspect and change these aspects."

He re-emphasized, "To block [attacks using AI], we ultimately have no choice but to use AI," adding, "We are examining various phased and effective ways on how to reform network separation regulations."

Meanwhile, when lawmaker Shin Dong-wook of the People Power Party pointed out that apartment prices in Seoul continue to rise despite real estate policies including high-intensity loan regulations, Lee said, "I think it probably would have been much worse if we hadn't done that."

Regarding the strong loan regulation limiting the maximum mortgage limit to 600 million won, he stated, "At that time, high-end housing in the Gangnam area was driving [overall house price increases], so most evaluate that the measure was effective."

When lawmaker Shin mentioned President Lee Jae-myung's remarks regarding "flattening" and pointed out, "According to this logic, if house prices continue to rise through flattening work, wouldn't the measures and results contradict each other?", Chairman Lee responded, "That is why we are focusing on supply. We will quickly expand supply to stabilize the market."

Previously, President Lee stated during a press conference last month while explaining the phenomenon where Gangnam house prices recently decreased while prices in areas outside Gangnam increased, "It seems a sort of flattening process is underway."

As some critics raised concerns over this, questioning whether it implied that rising house prices outside Gangnam were desirable, the presidential office explained that it was merely an explanation of price trend movements.

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