Threat Pulse 62High
South Korea: Financial Security Institute, the banking sector's cyber agency, breached via its external assessment-support system
Severity 6ActiveconfirmedFinanceGovernment

FSI confirmed an attack on the platform financial institutions use for security assessments; administrative documents may have leaked; regulators say no sensitive personal data appears leaked, though News1 reported about 650 personal records. No attribution.

· 5 days ago · koreajoongangdaily.com
Sourceskoreajoongangdaily.comDataBreaches.netBing News: cyberattack
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@IntCyberDigestverifiedNov 13, 18:45 UTC

South Korea's Financial Security Institute, the agency meant to keep the country's banks secure, got hacked. Attackers created a fake account with the powers of the national financial regulator and pulled 130+ files submitted by 48 credit unions and farm co-o

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