Korea Financial Security Agency Hit by Hacker Attack, Approximately 300 Records of Financial Institution Employees' Personal Information Leaked

on November 11, according to Yonhap News Agency, the Financial Security Institute (FSI), a financial security agency under South Korea's Financial Services Commission, was hacked, resulting in the leakage of hundreds of records, including personal information for approximately 300 employees of financial institutions.

The report noted that the targeted system was the FSI's Information Protection Routine Assessment System. Preliminary findings indicate the leaked data includes approximately 200 administrative forms, over 300 personal records containing names and dates of birth, and roughly 350 desensitized system user records.

Upon discovering abnormal access on the afternoon of November 9, the FSI immediately isolated the relevant systems and reported the incident to regulatory authorities. It is understood that the attackers carried out the intrusion by frequently rotating IP addresses. To date, no sensitive data such as customer credit information, national identification numbers, or financial institution system security configurations have been confirmed as breached. South Korean financial regulators have ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the incident and mandated the implementation of preventive measures.