Saemaul Geumgo Mutual Aid Insurance Member Data: More Than 400 Records Leaked... "Includes Encrypted Resident Registration Numbers and Balances"

Phone numbers, account numbers and other information also leaked
Measures taken include blocking IP addresses used to bypass security measures

Saemaul Geumgo reported the incident to financial authorities after confirming that information belonging to more than 400 customers had been leaked in a hacking attack on Tuesday.

According to the financial industry, the Saemaul Geumgo Federation discovered that personal information belonging to more than 400 customers of Saemaul Geumgo mutual aid insurance had been leaked that day.

The leaked information reportedly included key personal details of some customers, such as customer numbers, names, encrypted resident registration numbers, account numbers, dates of birth, mobile phone numbers, home phone numbers, work phone numbers, home addresses, work addresses, email addresses and account balances.

Saemaul Geumgo recently blocked abnormal access attempts from overseas IP addresses to prevent a leak. However, information was reportedly leaked after attackers again bypassed the security measures, this time using dozens of new IP addresses.

The Saemaul Geumgo Federation said it had blocked the IP addresses used to bypass its security measures and had conducted additional checks for vulnerabilities on its website and taken steps to address them. It has not yet confirmed whether the attack was connected to recent hacking attacks in the financial industry involving artificial intelligence (AI) agents.

The Saemaul Geumgo Federation is notifying customers whose information has been confirmed as leaked by text message. Its website also allows customers to check whether their information was leaked and which specific items were exposed. The federation said it would fully compensate customers for any losses resulting from the incident.

Lim Jinwoo, CEO of Credit and Mutual Aid at the Saemaul Geumgo Federation, said, "We take this incident very seriously. We will review our overall personal credit information protection systems and management procedures, and strengthen our security systems to do everything we can to prevent similar incidents from happening again."

He added, "We sincerely apologize once again for causing concern to our mutual aid members. We will act with an even greater sense of responsibility to protect personal information and our members' rights and interests."

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