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Authorities Order Banks and Card Companies to Conduct Internal Security Checks… "Will Receive Reports Promptly"

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Su-ryeon = Following a series of hacking incidents at Shinhan Bank and KB Kookmin Bank, financial authorities have ordered the banking and credit card sectors to conduct internal security checks.

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Following a series of data leaks caused by hacking attacks at major commercial banks, the Financial Services Commission ordered financial institutions to inspect their entire externally exposed computer systems to prevent recurrence. This is because hackers targeted "business-related systems" with weak security. The Financial Services Commission [conducted] an emergency [order] on the afternoon of the 2nd

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Su-ryeon = Following a series of hacking incidents at Shinhan Bank and KB Kookmin Bank, financial authorities have ordered the banking and credit card sectors to conduct internal security checks.

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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The Financial Services Commission (FSC) is inspecting the overall security of financial companies' externally exposed computer systems in response to a series of data breaches in the financial sector. This measure aims to strengthen the industry's joint response framework and prevent the spread of similar incidents, following additional damage caused by recent cyber attacks on major financial institutions such as KB Kookmin Bank and Shinhan Bank…

Amid a recent series of data breaches at major banks and other financial institutions, financial authorities have launched an emergency response, ordering comprehensive security checks on computer systems and a joint response by the financial sector. On the 2nd, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) held an "Emergency Financial Sector Response Meeting" at the Government Complex Seoul, presided over by Secretary-General Shin Jin-chang, with re…

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매일신문 broke the news on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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