South Korea Presidential Office Calls Emergency Meeting on Bithumb, Mirae Asset Security Breaches

South Korea’s presidential office has convened an emergency meeting to respond to security breaches at Bithumb and Mirae Asset Global Investments.

The presidential office said on October 28 that the National Security Office would hold an emergency response meeting later in the day under the chairmanship of Third Deputy Director Song Ki-ho, with officials from the Financial Services Commission in attendance.

The meeting will review the extent of damage from hacking incidents recently identified at a virtual-asset exchange and in the financial investment industry. It will also discuss measures to prevent any further data leaks.

Bithumb said on October 27 that it detected signs of unauthorized external access to its internal mobile groupware system. Personal information was leaked in the process, though the company said the damage so far appears limited to information related to employees.

Mirae Asset Global Investments also recently identified abnormal attempts at external access targeting some of its web-based systems. The company has blocked the access route and activated an emergency response system.

The scope of the leak at Mirae Asset Global Investments is understood to be limited to information related to some internal business systems. So far, there have been no signs of leaks involving unique personal identifiers, sensitive personal information or personal credit information.