After Bithumb, hackers hit South Korea’s financial security agency

South Korea's Financial Security Institute has suffered a cyberattack that exposed hundreds of employee records and documents belonging to dozens of financial companies, less than two weeks after cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb reported a separate security breach. South Korea's Financial Security Institute suffered a cyberattack that exposed roughly 300 personal information records belonging mainly to financial institution employees. Hackers reportedly impersonated a financial regulator and exploited an authentication weakness to access documents associated with dozens of financial companies. Financial regulators and police have launched investigations into the breach, while the institute has blocked access to the affected system. The incident follows a separate security breach at cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb in October and a hacking threat that prompted GOPAX to suspend trading and withdrawals in November.

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