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Some 25,000 Customers' Info Leaked From Shinhan Bank

Summary by The Korea Times
Personal information of around 25,000 customers has been leaked from Shinhan Bank, the lender said Thursday, prompting the financial watchdog to conduct an on-site inspection. According to the bank, loan borrowing by customers, their annual income, names and phone numbers were leaked on Wednesday via hacking. Shinhan said it took emergency steps to minimize potential damage from the leak. The Financial Supervisory Service sent a team to examine …

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An incident occurred at Shinhan Bank in which personal and credit information related to loan applications of approximately 25,000 people was leaked. As the Financial Supervisory Service has launched an on-site inspection, Shinhan Bank CEO Jeong Sang-hyeok announced that the bank would fully compensate customers if any damages are confirmed. On the 1st, at Shinhan Bank

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The Financial Supervisory Service has launched an on-site investigation following a data breach involving borrowers' personal information in Shinhan Bank's dedicated loan solicitor system. It has been determined that the information was leaked through a web-based simplified inquiry service rather than through external hacking, and authorities are currently verifying the specific scope of the leak and the method used.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Bae Young-kyung and Han Ji-hoon = It was learned on the 1st that the Financial Supervisory Service is conducting an emergency on-site investigation following an information leak at Shinhan Bank.

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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[Digital Daily Reporter Lee Ho-yeon] As financial authorities have launched an emergency on-site investigation following a large-scale leak of customer personal information at Shinhan Bank, the bank has pledged to fully compensate for the losses. On the 1st, Shinhan Bank announced that it had confirmed the recent leakage of customers' personal (credit) information by accessing certain services through abnormal methods that bypassed external aut…

An incident has occurred at Shinhan Bank in which personal and credit information related to loans for approximately 25,000 customers was leaked externally. As the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) begins investigating the circumstances of the incident, Shinhan Bank President Jeong Sang-hyeok announced that the bank will fully compensate for any actual damages resulting from the information leak. According to Shinhan Bank and other sources on…

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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