Former Kakao executive Bae Jae-hyun claims brokerage account was hacked
Bae Jae-hyun, Kakao's former chief investment officer, claimed he lost 11 billion won when his Mirae Asset Securities account was hacked. Mr Bae has brought a civil claim for damages against Mirae Asset Securities.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Mirae Asset Securities
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Losses of 11 billion won claimed by Bae Jae-hyun
- Cause / method
- Hacking of a brokerage account
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- It emerged that Mr Bae had sued Mirae Asset Securities for 11 billion won in damages, claiming his account had been hacked.
- The distinction between ordinary and special damages emerged as a key issue in the damages claim.
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Other incidents at Mirae Asset Securities
Mirae Asset Securities breach affects about 3,800 customers and 35,255 personnel
35.3kImpact: Account numbers of about 3,800 customers and personal information of 35,255 employees, former employees and outsourced staff
Mirae Asset Securities suffered attacks on 4 and 5 November, exposing account numbers belonging to about 3,800 customers and personal information belonging to 35,255 employees, former employees and outsourced staff. The attacks targeted its mobile web login service using mobile phone authentication and its groupware, with the leaked personnel information including names, email addresses, mobile phone numbers and encrypted passwords. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) began an on-site inspection and confirmed connections between several attacks.
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