Bithumb among three South Korean financial firms reporting data breaches

Bithumb, Daishin Securities and Mirae Asset Global Investments all disclosed hacking incidents as regulators push operators to check for PHP flaws Three South Korean financial firms disclosed data breaches on Wednesday, October 28, and one of them runs a crypto exchange. Bithumb, Daishin Securities and Mirae Asset Global Investments each reported hacking incidents on the same day, according to Yonhap News Agency. Bithumb said its in-house mobile system had been compromised and that personal information had leaked, Yonhap reported. The exchange’s position is that crypto holdings were never in the line of fire. What each firm disclosed According to the exchange, the intrusion hit an internal mobile groupware system used by employees. Groupware is the office plumbing: messaging, scheduling and internal documents, not the engine that matches buy and sell orders. Bithumb said that system has no connection to its trading operations. The company stated that its internal systems are kept separate from its trading platforms, so virtual assets are not at risk. Still, the break room had personal information in it. Bithumb is investigating the full scope of the incident, including whether any ...