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South Korea’s financial regulator ordered every bank, card issuer, and savings institution in the country to inspect their externally exposed IT systems after a fast-moving wave of data breaches hit at least four major lenders in four days. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) issued the sector-wide directive on October 2, 2026, following disclosures from Shinhan…

Add preferred source Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) suffered a data exposure incident in which the personal information of approximately 24,000 employees—including names, department affiliations, and phone numbers—was exposed on an external webpage. The company became aware of the incident at around 3:59 p.m. on the 1st and immediately blocked access to internal systems, but…