Hyundai Capital has reported a suspected hacking incident involving artificial intelligence, resulting in the exposure of personal data for 146 mortgage agents.
According to Yonhap News on October 3, Hyundai Capital confirmed that its mortgage agent inquiry page was attacked via an overseas Internet Protocol (IP) address the previous afternoon.
This breach led to the leak of personal information, including names, mobile phone numbers, email addresses, and resident registration numbers of the 146 mortgage agents. The resident registration numbers and internal agent numbers are considered confidential information.
However, Hyundai Capital stated, "There has been no leak of personal information of general customers, nor has there been any access to or attack on internal systems."
Immediately after confirming the data leak, Hyundai Capital blocked the attack IP and the affected page, and established a dedicated task force for incident response. The company also reported the incident to the Financial Supervisory Service and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) that afternoon.
Hyundai Capital added, "We are promptly informing the mortgage agents whose information was leaked and are conducting a thorough investigation of all web pages that may be publicly accessible."
Meanwhile, it was also reported that Egaram Savings Bank experienced a hacking incident that resulted in the exposure of customer personal information. Previously, Shinhan Bank, KB Kookmin Bank, and Hana Bank had also faced similar hacking attacks that compromised customer data.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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