Damage from hacking at Yegaram Savings Bank... Customer personal information leaked

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Ji-yeon and Kang Ryu-na = On the 3rd, it was discovered that customer personal information was leaked at Yegaram Savings Bank due to hacking.

Yegaram Savings Bank posted a 'Personal Information Leakage Notice and Apology' on its website the previous day in the name of its CEO and said, "On September 30, 2026, the bank confirmed that an unidentified hacker accessed a server containing customer personal information and that personal information was leaked."

Leaked personal information items include customer names, dates of birth, and contact information.

The bank said the size of the leak is estimated to be around 40,000 people, but the exact size is being confirmed.

The bank estimates that it was hacked through a remote vulnerability in the external solution program currently in use.

The bank said that upon becoming aware of the leak, it immediately completed necessary emergency measures, such as suspending related services and blocking external IPs, and strengthened security monitoring to prevent further spread of damage. He said that a report to the authorities was made within 24 hours of recognizing the damage.

He also said that he is operating a customer center to provide customer damage relief and will send text messages to damaged customers.

The bank said, "We plan to confirm any necessary damage to the information received through the customer center and provide support for related relief procedures."

Previously, Korea's five largest commercial banks suffered an artificial intelligence (AI) hacking attack, resulting in an unprecedented incident in which customer information was leaked from Shinhan Bank, KB Kookmin Bank, and Hana Bank.