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South Korea's state-run Financial Security Institute (FSI) reported a data leak following a hacking attack targeting its security assessment system, officials said Tuesday, Nov. 10. The FSI, which oversees financial information protection, confirmed the breach the previous day and notified authorities including the Financial Services Commission, according to Yonhap and Chosun Ilbo. The hacked site was the institute's 'information security regular evaluation' platform, and some data on financial firms' security status was leaked, reports say. Korean media are calling the FSI the 'gatekeeper' of financial security, with Maeil Business Newspaper noting that an agency responsible for checking financial firms' information protection suffered a breach itself. This follows a broader wave of cyberattacks: the Financial Supervisory Service said over 470,000 personal data records were leaked from 37 financial firms over the past month, with funds stolen estimated at 1 billion won ($745,000), and Mirae Asset Securities saw data of about 39,000 customers and employees leaked, prompting an on-site inspection.