[Featured stock] Cyber security stocks surge again due to hacking of the Financial Security Institute

Cyber ​​security-related stocks are soaring again in the early trading on the 11th, as the news that the Financial Security Institute suffered personal information leakage due to a hacking incident has heightened vigilance.

As of 9:16 a.m. on this day, on KOSDAQ, domestic security company AhnLab [053800] is trading at 124,200 won, up 14.79%, and Genians [263860] is trading at 29,250 won, up 17%.

Raon Secure [042510] (+11.19%), Sands Lab [411080] (+8.21%), and SGA Solutions [184230] (+5.77%) are also soaring.

These are cyber security companies that provide solutions and security controls to protect corporate internal networks.

As the financial sector suffered damage from personal information leaks due to recent hacking incidents, and even the Financial Security Institute, a financial security agency under the Financial Services Commission, was exposed to hacking, expectations for increased demand for cybersecurity appear to have increased.

According to financial authorities, the Financial Security Institute recognized on the 9th that about 300 pieces of personal information, including the names and mobile phone numbers of financial company employees, were leaked through abnormal external access.

It was reported that the hacker attempted to attack the site as if it were normal access by frequently changing the Internet address (IP).

Early last month, a series of hacking incidents occurred in the financial sector, causing Sands Lab and Raon Secure to close at their upper limit.

At the time, hacking incidents using artificial intelligence (AI) tools occurred at commercial banks and some asset management companies, and recently, Mirae Asset Securities [006800], the No. 1 company in the securities industry, also announced that the general personal information of about 3,800 customers and 35,000 executives and employees was leaked due to an attack on groupware.

Financial authorities understand that information was leaked from at least 37 companies in the financial sector in the past month.