South Korea's Lotte Card faces on-site inspection after suspected data theft
By Jenny Lee ( September 2, 2025, 05:59 GMT | Insight) -- Lotte Card has come under scrutiny after detecting a hacking attack that may have compromised company servers, prompting South Korea’s financial watchdog to launch an immediate on-site inspection. The Financial Supervisory Service told MLex today that it has deployed inspectors working jointly with the Financial Security Institute to carry out an extensive review of the credit card issuer, with the probe expected to last several days.Lotte Card has come under scrutiny after detecting a hacking attack that may have compromised company servers, prompting South Korea’s financial watchdog to launch an immediate on-site inspection....
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