Seoul:South Korea's state-run Financial Security Institute (FSI) has reported a data leak following a hacking attack targeting its security assessment system. Officials revealed the breach on Tuesday, noting it was detected the previous day.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the FSI oversees financial information provided by banks and insurers and discovered that the leaked information originated from its website, which is used to conduct security assessments of financial institutions.

Authorities indicated that some information related to the security status submitted by financial firms may have been compromised due to the breach.