Over 470,000 pieces of personal data leaked from 37 financial firms: FSC

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SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- More than 470,000 personal data records have been leaked from 37 companies across the financial sector over the past month, with the amount of funds stolen estimated at 1 billion won (US$745,000), the financial regulator said Thursday.

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) held a meeting with officials from financial trade associations and government agencies, including the Financial Supervisory Service and the Financial Security Institute, to review data protection systems and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in the financial sector.

Since Sept. 30, when the first data leak was detected, a total of 40 data leak incidents have been reported at 37 companies, including four commercial banks, five financial investment firms, three insurance firms and five savings banks, according to the FSC.

The regulator said the leaked data did not include sensitive personal information that could be used for illegal financial transactions, such as customers' names, national identification numbers or bank account numbers.

Funds held by some smaller brokerages, insurers and online financial businesses were stolen, while their customers' money remained intact, the FSC added.

The FSC said it will conduct security checks at 580 financial companies across the sector and review their internal security control systems by the end of November.

"We will not tolerate practices that cause incidents or exacerbate damage by ignoring known security risks, neglecting even basic management duties or relying on perfunctory inspections and complacent responses," FSC Chairman Lee Eog-weon said.

"We will strictly hold management, including the CEO, accountable in accordance with relevant laws and regulations for serious management failures or negligence in response."

Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Lee Eog-weon (2nd from R) speaks during a meeting with officials from financial trade associations and government agencies in Seoul on Nov. 5, 2026. (Yonhap)

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首尔，11月5日（韩联社）——韩国金融监管机构周四表示，过去一个月，金融领域37家公司的47万多条个人数据记录遭到泄露，被盗资金估计达10亿韩元（约合74.5万美元）。

金融服务委员会 (FSC) 与金融行业协会和政府机构（包括金融监管局和金融安全研究所）的官员举行会议，审查金融领域的数据保护系统和人工智能 (AI) 能力。

据金融服务委员会（FSC）称，自9月30日首次发现数据泄露以来，已有37家公司报告了40起数据泄露事件，其中包括4家商业银行、5家金融投资公司、3家保险公司和5家储蓄银行。

监管机构表示，泄露的数据不包含可用于非法金融交易的敏感个人信息，例如客户姓名、国民身份证号码或银行账号。

金融服务委员会补充说，一些规模较小的经纪公司、保险公司和在线金融企业的资金被盗，但其客户的资金却安然无恙。

金融服务委员会表示，将在11月底前对整个行业的580家金融公司进行安全检查，并审查其内部安全控制系统。

“我们绝不容忍因忽视已知的安全风险、疏忽基本的管理职责或依赖敷衍的检查和自满的应对措施而导致事故或加剧损害的做法，”FSC主席李玉元表示。

“对于严重的管理失职或疏忽，我们将根据相关法律法规，严格追究包括首席执行官在内的管理层的责任。”

2026年11月5日，韩国金融服务委员会（FSC）委员长李玉源（右二）在首尔与金融行业协会和政府机构官员举行会议并发表讲话。（韩联社）

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