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South Korea's state-run Financial Security Institute (FSI), which assesses the financial security of banks and insurers, reported a data leak following a hacking attack on its security assessment system, officials said Tuesday. The attack, which involved hundreds of personal information records, has raised concerns about the broader financial system's security, according to Yonhap and KBS World. The Korea Economic Daily reported that the FSI, dubbed the 'financial gatekeeper,' was breached by an attack impersonating the Financial Supervisory Service. This follows a separate incident at Mirae Asset Securities, where information on about 39,000 customers and employees leaked, prompting an on-site inspection by the Financial Supervisory Service, as Business Korea reported. Korean media and financial authorities are treating these incidents as serious threats to the financial sector's cybersecurity.