The Online Investment-Linked Finance Sector Has Also Been Breached... PFCT and Mouda Data Leaked

[Financial News] Following banks, savings banks and capital companies, the online investment-linked finance (P2P) sector has also experienced a personal information breach caused by hacking.
According to the financial industry on the 4th, online investment-linked finance company PFC Technologies (PFCT, formerly PeopleFund) confirmed that the personal information of 302 customers had been leaked after unauthorized external access at around 3:30 a.m. on the 27th of last month. The leaked information included names, resident registration numbers and telephone numbers, although the specific items exposed varied by customer. No loan-related information was leaked.
After detecting unusual activity, PFCT activated its response system to prevent further damage and reported the incident to the Financial Supervisory Service. An investigation by the authorities is currently underway, and the company plans to establish compensation measures for affected customers based on the findings.
Another online investment-linked finance company, Mouda, also suffered an external intrusion on the 27th of last month. In a notice issued on the 29th, Mouda said that members' personal information and some personal credit information belonging to applicants for its easy loan service may have been leaked externally. The information potentially exposed included names and mobile phone numbers, as well as whether individuals had applied for or received loans, KCB credit scores, annual income and internal preliminary credit ratings.
However, it has not yet been confirmed whether the attacks on PFCT and Mouda were carried out by the same attackers responsible for recent hacks targeting other financial companies.
Meanwhile, since the Shinhan Bank data breach earlier this month, successive incidents have been confirmed at savings banks and capital companies in the non-bank financial sector, raising concerns that hacking incidents are spreading throughout the financial industry. Seven financial institutions have so far been confirmed to have suffered data leaks, but fears of further damage are growing amid the possibility that crimes involving artificial intelligence (AI) may be involved.

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