Korean police probe Bithumb, Daishin hacks as AI-linked breach count keeps climbing

Data breaches at Bithumb, Daishin Securities and Mirae Asset Global Investments have triggered a preliminary investigation by South Korea’s National Police Agency. The police agency investigators are looking into the extent of stolen data in the latest breach and checking whether it is connected to an earlier wave of AI-assisted attacks that hit 16 financial firms in the country. Which South Korean companies were hacked? Daishin Securities, Bithumb and Mirae Asset Global Investments were the latest firms to be hit in a wave of breaches concentrating in South Korea. The same team at the National Office already working on the bank hacks reported earlier has taken over the Investigation of the newest incidents as of Wednesday morning.

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