The Financial Services Commission will initiate a special audit of the Financial Security Institute, which recently experienced a hacking incident. As a security agency that supports responses to cyber incidents in the financial sector, it plans to review the circumstances surrounding the data breach and the overall response process.
According to financial authorities on November 12, the commission is set to conduct the special audit starting on November 16. Previously, on November 10, the commission received a report on the internal inspection status from a Financial Security Institute official and began on-site inspections on November 11. The audit will focus on the circumstances of the incident, the scale of the data breach, and subsequent response measures.
The police have also launched an investigation. The Cyber Terror Response Team of the National Police Agency is handling the case, which is believed to have occurred when the attacker accessed the system using a fraudulent account impersonating the Financial Supervisory Service.
The target of the hacking was the 'Continuous Evaluation Support System for Information Security,' which assesses the security management status of financial companies. So far, it has been confirmed that files from 48 companies, totaling over 130, have been leaked. The leaked materials include approximately 200 administrative forms, over 300 personal data entries such as names and birthdates, and 350 entries of system user information, including masked names, mobile phone numbers, and email addresses.
Park Sang-won, the head of the Financial Security Institute, issued an official apology during the 'Financial Information Security Conference (FISCON 2026)' held at the Conrad Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul. Park stated, "As a specialized security agency, we should maintain a high level of security, and I am sorry that this incident occurred. We will investigate any further leaks and the cause of the incident, and we will thoroughly review the entire system to establish fundamental measures to prevent recurrence."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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