Blue House Holds Emergency Meeting on Hacking Incidents at Virtual Asset Exchanges

The Blue House is convening an emergency meeting on October 28 to address recent hacking incidents affecting virtual asset exchanges and the financial investment sector.

According to the Blue House, the National Security Office will hold the meeting in the afternoon, chaired by Song Gi-ho, the Second Deputy Director, with officials from the Financial Services Commission in attendance.

The meeting will assess the extent of the damage caused by hacking incidents at the virtual asset exchange Bithumb and Mirae Asset Global Investments, and discuss measures to prevent further spread.

Financial authorities reported that Bithumb detected unauthorized access by an external party to its internal mobile groupware system, resulting in a data breach.

Mirae Asset Global Investments confirmed that it identified abnormal access from an external IP address on some of its web systems, prompting the company to block the access route and activate its emergency response system.