South Korea
Block Media
Attempted theft of 1 billion won from domestic crypto exchanges and others; 37 financial firms hacked, 473,000 records leaked
- 37 financial companies reported 40 hacking/breach incidents over about one month, exposing roughly 473,000 records of personal information.
- Hackers attempted to steal approximately 1 billion won (about $720,000) in funds from some digital asset exchanges and related firms.
- The FSC will run security inspections across about 580 financial companies through year-end and reassess network segregation rules as part of a broader security system overhaul.