South Korean police launch pre-indictment investigation into hacking incidents involving Bithumb and other institutions

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South Korean police have launched a pre-indictment investigation into hacking incidents targeting securities firms and cryptocurrency exchanges.

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South Korean police launch pre-indictment investigations into hacking incidents targeting securities firms and cryptocurrency exchanges

PANews October 28 reported that, according to Yonhap News Agency, the National Office of Investigation of the Korean National Police Agency has launched pre-indictment investigations (internal investigations) into hacking incidents targeting securities firms and cryptocurrency exchanges. The task force handling the case previously investigated a series of hacking incidents affecting the financial sector. Recently, Daishin Securities, Mirae Asset Global Investments, and Bithumb (a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange) successively confirmed that they had been compromised. Among them, Daishin Securities 38,490 customers’ personal and credit information was leaked; Bithumb has currently confirmed the leakage of employee information and is verifying whether member information was involved; Mirae Asset Global Investments stated that information related to some business systems was leaked, but no leakage of personal credit information has been found so far. Previously,KB Kookmin Bank and other 16 financial institutions were also targeted in hacking attacks, with approximately 100000 pieces of personal information leaked, including identification numbers, account numbers, and addresses. Police will compare the methods used in the attacks to determine whether the two incidents are related, but will not...

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Key points

The National Office of Investigation of the Korean National Police Agency has launched a pre-indictment investigation (internal investigation) into hacking incidents targeting securities firms and cryptocurrency exchanges.
Daishin Securities confirmed that it had been compromised, and 38,490 customers’ personal and credit information was leaked.
Mirae Asset Global Investments stated that information related to some business systems was leaked, but no leakage of personal credit information has been found so far.
Bithumb confirmed that employee information was leaked and is verifying whether member information was involved.
Previously,KB Kookmin Bank and other 16 financial institutions were targeted in hacking attacks, with approximately 100000 pieces of personal information leaked.
Police will compare the methods used in the attacks to determine whether the two incidents are related.

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South Korean police are investigating hacking incidents involving multiple financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges, focusing on whether the different incidents involved the same methods. Some institutions have confirmed information leaks, but whether Bithumb’s member information was involved is still being verified.

Why it matters to readers

The incidents involved the leakage of personal, credit, and employee information, potentially affecting the data security and user trust of the relevant institutions.

This means that user information may have been leaked as a result of institutional intrusions. Attention should be paid to the police investigation and the scope of the impact disclosed by the institutions.

Risks and unknowns

Whether Bithumb’s member information was involved has not yet been confirmed.
Police have not yet announced whether these incidents are related.
The source text does not fully present the police’s subsequent investigation arrangements.

South Korean police launch pre-indictment investigation into hacking incidents involving Bithumb and other institutions

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