Korea CFA: 900,000 credit card information was leaked, 410,000 are still in use

Source: Regulation Asia Editors, Regulation Asia 2020-06-10

The Korea Credit Finance Association (CFA) has confirmed that about 900,000 credit card information has been leaked , and the leaked information has been traded on the online black market overseas.

On Monday, a security company in Singapore discovered an information leak, and the company further notified the Korea Financial Security Research Institute.

Of the credit cards with information disclosure, about 54% of them cannot be used due to card expiration or other reasons. However, approximately 410,000 cards are still in use .

The leaked information includes the card number, the validity period of the credit card and the three-digit security code on the back of the card, and the password has not been leaked .

The credit card company plans to notify affected users of the data breach. The authorities have not yet figured out how the leak occurred.

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Korea CFA: 900,000 credit card information was leaked, 410,000 are still in use

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