South Korea finds hacking incidents at total of 16 financial firms


FILE PHOTO: A man works with a laptop at the airport in Hanoi, Vietnam October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kham/ File Photo

SEOUL, Oct ⁠14 (Reuters) - South Korea ⁠has found hacking ‌incidents at a total of 16 financial firms and ​around 100,000 ⁠cases of data ⁠leaks so far, the ⁠country's ‌financial regulator said on ⁠Wednesday.

Financial authorities are conducting an ​in-depth ‌investigation into hacking ⁠methods to ​determine whether AI was involved, the ⁠Financial Services Commission (FSC) ​said in a statement.

The FSC said it would ⁠conduct security inspections at financial firms and prepare measures for ​early ⁠detection of hacking threats ​as well ‌as joint response.

(Reporting ​by Jihoon LeeEditing by Ed Davies)

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