Korea Financial Security Institute hit by cyberattack, approximately 300 pieces of personal information of financial institution employees leaked.

South Korea’s Financial Security Institute (FSI), a body under the Financial Services Commission, suffered a hack against its information-protection assessment system, exposing about 300 pieces of financial-institution employees’ personal data. Initial findings show roughly 200 administrative forms, over 300 records containing names and birth dates, and about 350 desensitized system-user records were leaked. The FSI detected anomalous access on the afternoon of Nov. 9, immediately blocked the system and reported to regulators; the attacker频繁 rotated IP addresses. No customer credit data, resident registration numbers or institutions’ security configurations were found exposed so far. Regulators have ordered a full investigation and preventive measures, with attention now on the probe’s scope and whether the FSI tightens access controls across its assessment platforms.