KB Capital Hit by Hack, Personal Data of Around 1,800 Customers, Employees and Others Leaked

[Financial News] KB Capital suffered a hacking attack that resulted in the personal information of about 1,800 people—including customers, employees of partner companies, and KB Capital employees and executives—being leaked.
On the 13th, KB Capital announced on its website that it had confirmed personal information was leaked on the 10th in a malicious external attack.
The system from which the information was leaked was the vehicle lease asset management system, an internal system for managing vehicle lease assets. KB Capital said the system was unrelated to financial transactions.
The leaked information included customers’ names, dates of birth, mobile phone numbers, addresses, and vehicle registration numbers.
For employees of partner companies and KB Capital employees and executives, the leaked information included user account details, names, contact information, department names, company names, and job titles.
After detecting abnormal attempts to access information, KB Capital suspended operation of the system and servers and blocked external access routes.
It also reported the incident to the Financial Supervisory Service and is strengthening additional security measures and monitoring for abnormal access.
KB Capital is guiding people on its website on how to check what information about them was leaked.
It also urged people, to prevent further harm such as smishing and voice phishing, not to click links in text messages or emails from unknown sources and not to respond to requests for personal or financial information.
It also said it would fully compensate for any losses resulting from the personal information leak.
KB Capital said, "We sincerely apologize for causing concern over the personal information leak," adding, "We will work harder to protect information and do our utmost to minimize the damage."
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