( November 11, 2026, 07:40 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: South Korea's Financial Security Institute, responsible for safeguarding the country's financial sector, has suffered a breach that exposed some 650 personal-information records, raising concerns over security at an institution tasked with protecting financial companies. The institute said Wednesday that it detected unauthorized access to a system supporting financial institutions' security assessments on Monday and immediately blocked access. The leaked data included about 200 administrative documents, some 300 personal-information records containing names and dates of birth and 350 system-user records, including masked names, phone numbers and email addresses. The institute said no sensitive financial customer data or critical security information, including financial institutions' system configurations, had been compromised. It reported the incident to the Financial Services Commission and the Korea Internet & Security Agency.Statement is attached (in Korean)....
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