South Korean Police Open Probe Into Bithumb, Securities Firm Hacks

South Korea’s National Office of Investigation opened a preliminary inquiry into hacks involving securities firms and crypto exchange Bithumb, as investigators assess whether two incidents may share a perpetrator. A task force that previously investigated a series of financial-sector hacks is handling the inquiry. The recent intrusions involved Daishin Securities, Mirae Asset’s asset-management business and Bithumb. Personal and credit information belonging to 38,490 Daishin Securities customers was exposed. Bithumb confirmed that employee information had been exposed and is checking whether member information was also involved.

Source: TokenPost