▲ Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chan-jin speaks during a meeting with bank holding company board chairs held at the Financial Supervisory Service in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, on the 28th.
Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chan-jin urged the financial sector to reinforce information technology (IT) security today (the 28th), stating, “I understand that general hacking incidents occurred across major securities firms yesterday.”
Governor Lee made the remarks in connection with recent consecutive hacking incidents during a breakfast meeting with the board chairs of bank holding companies held at the FSS headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul.
“As artificial intelligence is being utilized as a hacking tool, security vulnerabilities will be easily detected, and simultaneous attacks will become commonplace,” he said, ordering financial institutions to manage IT assets and establish autonomous defense systems.
Governor Lee emphasized, “With the recognition that IT security is a core task for protecting customer assets and information and maintaining financial trust, the boards of directors must take the lead in enhancing IT security capabilities.”
While hacking attacks have recently occurred across the board in banks, savings banks, mutual finance, and specialized credit finance, there had been no reports of breach incidents in the financial investment and insurance sectors.
However, following a personal information leak incident at Mirae Asset Life Insurance the day before yesterday, it has been reported that a hacking incident also occurred in the financial investment sector yesterday, showing signs of spreading across the entire financial sector.
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