{
  "id": 18592515,
  "title": "Mirae Asset says data breaches exposed customer, employee information",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/mirae-asset-says-data-breaches-exposed-customer-employee-information-18592515",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T23:37:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261107/mirae-asset-says-data-breaches-exposed-customer-employee-information"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mirae Asset Securities Co. disclosed on Saturday that it fell victim to cyberattacks, resulting in the exposure of sensitive data. The intrusions took place on Wednesday and Thursday, targeting the company's mobile web phone authentication login service and internal systems. As a consequence, 3,800 customer account numbers and personal information of 35,255 current, former, and contractor employees were leaked.\n\nThe leaked corporate data included a range of sensitive information such as names, employee ID numbers, email addresses, mobile phone numbers, and passwords of these individuals. Upon detecting suspicious activity from external IP addresses, Mirae Asset swiftly blocked the affected access routes and activated its emergency response system.\n\nThe company promptly reported the incident to relevant authorities, including the Financial Services Commission, the Financial Supervisory Service, and the Personal Information Protection Commission.",
  "summary": "Mirae Asset Securities Co. said Saturday that it suffered cyberattacks that resulted in the leakage of account numbers some 3,800 customers and personal information of over 35,000 current, former employees and contractors. The South Korean brokerage said unauthorized external access occurred Wednesday and Thursday, targeting its mobile web phone authentication login service and internal system,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Mirae Asset says data breaches exposed customer, employee information",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/mirae-asset-says-data-breaches-exposed-customer-employee-information",
        "published": "2026-11-06T23:14:30.000Z"
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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."
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