Daiwa Securities says info on 110,000 clients may have been leaked
The brokerage said the leak resulted from the servers of an external vendor being hacked.
Daiwa Securities Group announced that the personal information of up to 110,000 clients may have been compromised after an external vendor's servers were targeted by hackers. The brokerage received a notification from vendor Scala Communications on Saturday revealing evidence of unauthorized access to client data, according to a statement released by Daiwa on Monday.
The leaked information consisted of names and account numbers, but it cannot be used to access securities accounts or perform online trading. Neither the brokerage's systems nor any inappropriate transactions linked to the breach have been identified. Daiwa Securities emphasized that its own systems remained uncompromised. The intrusion follows a series of similar incidents in Japan, where companies ranging from logistics firm Yamato Holdings to Sakura Internet also experienced unauthorized access to customer data.
In South Korea, banks have also been affected by client data breaches in recent days, prompting authorities to mandate security assessments. Daiwa Securities expressed regret for causing concern among customers and stakeholders, assuring that the matter is being taken seriously. The company's shares experienced a slight decline in value following the announcement.
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