Hyundai Capital was hit by a hacking attack, resulting in the leakage of personal information belonging to home loan recruiters.
In a statement released on the 3rd, Hyundai Capital said, "We confirmed an attack on the inquiry page for Hyundai Capital home loan recruiters via overseas IP addresses." The company explained, "The targeted webpage is a page where customers can view publicly available information about Hyundai Capital home loan recruiters. During a security inspection, we discovered that some personal data of 146 home loan recruiters had been leaked due to an information inquiry attack."
The information leaked in this incident includes names, mobile phone numbers, email addresses, and registration numbers with the Korea Credit Finance Association, which are publicly disclosed through the relevant webpage, as well as internal recruiter numbers and resident registration numbers of home loan recruiters. However, Hyundai Capital stated that there was no leakage of personal data for general customers, nor any access to or attacks on its internal systems.
Immediately after confirming the external leakage of personal information belonging to home loan recruiters, Hyundai Capital blocked the attacking IP addresses and the relevant page, and promptly formed an Incident Response Task Force (TFT) to address the situation. In accordance with relevant laws, the company reported the incident to the Financial Supervisory Service and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) at approximately 3:30 p.m. on that day.
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