473,000 Info Leaks Across 37 Financial Firms, 1 Billion Won Siphoned

It has been found that approximately 473,000 pieces of information were leaked and about 1 billion won in funds were stolen across 37 financial companies over the past month.

The Financial Services Commission held a meeting on the morning of November 5, chaired by Chairman Lee Eok-won and attended by the Financial Supervisory Service, the Financial Security Institute, heads of financial sector associations, and relevant ministry officials, to review the current security status and discuss measures to prevent additional damage.

According to financial authorities, a total of 40 security breach reports were filed by 37 companies from the confirmation of the first hacking incident on September 30 until November 3.

Mainly employee information and customers' names, resident registration numbers, and account numbers were leaked. However, the leakage of information such as account passwords that could realistically lead to unauthorized payments has not yet been confirmed.

Financial authorities plan to conduct a comprehensive security inspection targeting 580 companies across the entire financial sector, including the virtual asset industry which has previously been outside the scope of financial security regulations, by the end of the year.

They will also upgrade the joint financial hacking monitoring system by running a pilot operation of the integrated monitoring system next month and expanding it to the entire financial sector in the first quarter of next year.

To prevent secondary damage, plans are underway to monitor and block the distribution of leaked personal information on the dark web and other platforms.

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