South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb is investigating the extent of a data leak after hackers breached its in-house mobile system, which employees use for internal communication and work, earlier this week. Bithumb discovered the breach on Tuesday and notified the Korea Internet & Security Agency and the Personal Information Protection Commission the same day. The exchange said its internal work system is separated from its virtual asset trading system, so customer virtual assets could not be accessed through this breach, while it was still checking whether member data was involved. The incident is part of a wave of cyberattacks on South Korea's financial sector, with 16 financial firms hit as of October 14, according to Governor Lee Chan-jin. Daishin Securities said personal and credit information of 38,490 customers had been leaked.
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