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South Korea's top five commercial banks have all been attacked by suspected AI-driven hackers. Three of them have leaked customer information. Five major banks have been attacked at the same time; this is the first time in the Korean financial industry. According to news from South Korea's financial department on the 2nd, following Shinhan Bank, KB Kookmin Bank and Bank of Korea Asia were also attacked by suspected AI-driven hackers, causing customer information to be leaked. The personal information of 11 outsourced employees was leaked due to a hacker attack at BNK Busan Bank. KB Kookmin Bank said on the same day that the information of 119 customers was leaked due to a hacker attack, including names, phone numbers, addresses, encrypted ID numbers, etc., and each customer's leaked information was different. The target of this hacker attack was an employee-only mobile office support system, which had nothing to do with the financial transactions of customers such as online banking or mobile banking.

Zhitongcaijing·10/02/2026 14:57:28
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South Korea's top five commercial banks have all been attacked by suspected AI-driven hackers. Three of them have leaked customer information. Five major banks have been attacked at the same time; this is the first time in the Korean financial industry. According to news from South Korea's financial department on the 2nd, following Shinhan Bank, KB Kookmin Bank and Bank of Korea Asia were also attacked by suspected AI-driven hackers, causing customer information to be leaked. The personal information of 11 outsourced employees was leaked due to a hacker attack at BNK Busan Bank. KB Kookmin Bank said on the same day that the information of 119 customers was leaked due to a hacker attack, including names, phone numbers, addresses, encrypted ID numbers, etc., and each customer's leaked information was different. The target of this hacker attack was an employee-only mobile office support system, which had nothing to do with the financial transactions of customers such as online banking or mobile banking.