Mirae Asset breach exposes data on 331 users and 2,281 staff
An attacker stole information on 331 users, daily fund returns and other data from Mirae Asset’s pension fund investment pool website by changing member numbers individually to retrieve records. Personal information on 2,281 executives and employees was also leaked from an internal business system. An internal security inspection two weeks before the incident reported no issues across all items checked, but a subsequent inspection into the hacking identified some violations.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Mirae Asset
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Information on 331 users and 2,281 executives and employees, daily fund returns and other data
- Cause / method
- Access to other users’ information by changing member numbers on the pension fund investment pool website
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Centre ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
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Timeline
- The theft of information on 331 users through queries using altered member numbers and the leak of personal information on 2,281 executives and employees from an internal business system were revealed.
- An inspection into the hacking at Mirae Asset identified some violations.
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