According to Yonhap News Agency, the Financial Security Institute (FSI), the financial security agency under the Financial Services Commission of South Korea, suffered a hacker attack on its routine information protection assessment system. This resulted in the leakage of approximately 300 pieces of personal information, including the names and dates of birth of financial institution employees, as well as about 350 masked contact details, contained in administrative forms. The attackers infiltrated the system by frequently changing IP addresses to disguise legitimate access. The system has been shut down and the network disconnected, and regulatory agencies have been notified. Officials have confirmed that no sensitive core security data, such as personal credit information of financial consumers or system architecture diagrams, has been leaked. Although customer privacy has not yet been compromised, the breach of this core agency responsible for monitoring and responding to threats to South Korea's financial security has raised widespread concerns within the industry about the overall security defenses. Authorities have ordered a comprehensive review and demanded the establishment of a compensation mechanism. https://www.(wublock123.com)/news/south-korea-financial-security-agency-hacked-300-records-leaked-71731