KB Kookmin Bank: "Total number affected by hacking-related data leak rises to 2,210... We apologize"
KB Kookmin Bank said on October 26 that it had confirmed an additional 2,091 people whose personal information was leaked in a hacking incident, on top of the 119 previously identified. The total number of people affected by the leak has therefore risen to 2,210.
According to KB Kookmin Bank, among those newly confirmed as affected by the leak, 1,631 were customers and 460 were employees. The bank said there had been no new hacking attack; the additional cases were identified during the verification of data related to the original incident.
A KB Kookmin Bank official said, "We sincerely apologize to our customers for not fully assessing the scale of the damage at the outset. We will do our utmost to prevent a recurrence and protect our customers." The bank plans to individually notify those newly confirmed as affected about the leak and ways to prevent secondary damage.
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On October 2, KB Kookmin Bank announced that a hacking attack had exposed the names, phone numbers, addresses, encrypted resident registration numbers and other information of 199 customers. The bank said the information had been leaked through a mobile work-support system for employees and added that it would provide full compensation if secondary damage occurred.
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