January 2026 Security Issues in Korean & Global Financial Sector

This report analyzes active cyber threats against financial-sector organizations, summarizing malware and phishing trends, instances of large-scale personal data being sold on dark web forums (including a claimed 22.5M-record leak), ransomware group disclosures of victimized payment/financial firms (e.g., CLOP), and leaked access credentials/posts that enable further intrusions; it also provides statistics and several MD5 indicators tied to incidents.