Billions of won withdrawn via orders tied to hacked email at LS Securities
At LS Securities, billions of won were withdrawn in connection with orders placed through a hacked email, and police opened an investigation. The Financial Supervisory Service used the incident to order securities firms to strengthen email security.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- LS Securities
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Withdrawal of billions of won
- Cause / method
- Orders placed through a hacked email
- 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 ↗
Timeline
- A police investigation into the withdrawal of billions of won through orders tied to a hacked email at LS Securities was reported.
- The Financial Supervisory Service ordered securities firms to strengthen email security in the wake of the LS Securities incident.
2 related reports
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