19 South Korean asset managers hit in serial hacks and data leaks
The hacking group that had attacked Welcome Financial Group carried out a string of attacks on South Korean asset management firms and released their data. The number of affected companies, initially reported as 10, later rose to 13 and then 19. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) launched an investigation into personal data leaks resulting from the ransomware attacks on the asset managers.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 19 South Korean asset management firms affected
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- It emerged that the hacking group that had targeted Welcome Financial Group had attacked 10 asset management firms.
- It emerged that the hacking group had released data from 10 South Korean asset management firms.
- It emerged that the number of affected asset management firms had risen to 13.
- The Personal Information Protection Commission launched an investigation into personal data leaks resulting from the ransomware attacks.
- The number of South Korean asset management firms hit by the serial hacks was reported to be 19.
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