Cybersecurity
Citigroup Says Client Data Leaked at Korean Consumer Credit Unit
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Citigroup Inc. and Industrial Bank of Korea said client information was leaked from their South Korean leasing and consumer credit units, the latest instances of data breaches at financial firms in the country.
Authorities found 17,000 instances of leaks of information including names and phone numbers, Citigroup Korea Inc. said in an e-mailed reply to Bloomberg News questions today. The company was informed of the breaches by the prosecutors’ office in February, it said. The same number of leaks occurred at Industrial Bank of Korea’s IBK Capital Corp., company official Shin Dong Min said by phone from Seoul, declining to elaborate.