OK Savings Bank Confirms Leak of Information of 250 Loan Applicants
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OK Savings Bank suffered an external hacking incident.
Customer personal and credit information was leaked from the loan application page on its website, and the leak of information from 250 loan applicants was confirmed.
After detecting signs of suspected hacking at around 10 a.m. on the 12th, OK Savings Bank blocked its systems, reported the matter to related agencies and recommended password changes.
OK Savings Bank has suffered an external hacking incident. The bank said on the 15th, in a notice on its website, that information had been leaked after hacking incidents occurred on the 11th and 12th.
OK Savings Bank said the hacking occurred on the loan application page on its website and that customers' personal and credit information had been leaked. It confirmed a leak involving information from 250 loan applicants.
OK Savings Bank conducted an investigation with an external security monitoring specialist. The investigation found that the leak affected 250 customers who used the loan application page on the website.
The scope of the leak included both general personal information and credit information. The compromised information included names and mobile phone numbers, as well as credit information, with account numbers and annual income amounts cited as examples of the leaked credit information.
The leaked personal information items include names, mobile phone numbers, dates of birth, account numbers, home addresses, business addresses, company names, business registration numbers, annual income amounts, application amounts and standard interest rates. The items leaked may differ from customer to customer.
OK Savings Bank said it became aware at around 10 a.m. on the 12th of signs of unauthorized access by an unidentified intruder suspected of hacking the loan application page. It then blocked the relevant systems and reported the matter to the Financial Supervisory Service and other related agencies in accordance with relevant regulations.
OK Savings Bank said there are concerns about secondary damage from misuse of the leaked information in connection with this incident. It urged people to refrain from clicking links of unknown origin and asked them not to comply if asked to enter personal or financial information.
The bank also advised customers to change their current passwords. It said those using the same password on other websites should change those as well. OK Savings Bank apologized for causing concern and said it would do its utmost to protect personal information.
Source: IT DAILY · Kim Ho-jun
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