{
  "id": 16871290,
  "title": "South Korea’s Daishin Securities Reports Data Breach Affecting 38,490 Customers After Suspected Hack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/south-koreas-daishin-securities-reports-data-breach-affecting-38-490",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T07:36:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/south-koreas-daishin-securities-reports-data-breach-affecting-38490-customers-after-suspected-hack"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Personal data of 38,490 customers was compromised by Daishin Securities, a South Korean brokerage firm, after a suspected hack, the company announced on Wednesday. The breach compromised names, email addresses, and mobile numbers of the affected individuals. This incident follows a series of recent security breaches at financial institutions in South Korea. The government has announced a large-scale vulnerability inspection of around 170 key IT infrastructures in the private sector, targeting those connected to the internet. President Lee Jae Myung has urged the development of cybersecurity measures suitable for the AI era. Meanwhile, the science ministry has raised the country's cyber crisis warning level to caution, urging companies and government agencies to patch their systems promptly. The vulnerability discovered in PHP, a widely used programming language, is considered one of the most severe flaws ever detected by AI researchers.",
  "summary": "Seoul: Personal information of 38,490 customers has been leaked from Daishin Securities, the brokerage said on Wednesday. JUST IN: South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb confirms personal data leak after unauthorized access The breach targeted its internal mobile groupware system, adding to recent security incidents at Korean financial firms, including Daishin Securities, which reported leaked…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}