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A cyberattack on KB Capital has resulted in the leak of personal information belonging to approximately 1,800 customers, employees of partner companies and KB Capital staff. This marks the third reported hacking incident in South Korea's capital financing industry, following breaches at Hyundai Capital and KDB Capital.

In a notice posted on its website on Nov. 13, KB Capital said, "The personal information of KB Capital customers, employees of partner companies and our staff was leaked as a result of a malicious attack on Nov. 10."

So far, 1,811 people have been identified as affected by the breach. Of those, 20 were individual customers, while the rest were employees of partner companies and KB Capital.

The leaked customer information included names, dates of birth, mobile phone numbers, addresses and vehicle registration numbers. For employees of partner companies and KB Capital, the compromised information included user accounts, names, mobile phone numbers, telephone numbers, department names, company names and job titles.

KB Capital explained that the breach occurred in its vehicle rental asset management system, which is unrelated to financial transactions.

After becoming aware of the data breach, KB Capital blocked the access route used in the attack and strengthened security measures, including monitoring for abnormal access.

KB Capital plans to fully compensate those who suffer losses as a result of the data breach.

                                                                                                           Lee Sun-young