Announcement

PSC clarification statement on media report

  • SEQ_NO
  • 1
  • Date of announcement
  • 2021/11/29
  • Time of announcement
  • 11:41:24
  • Subject
  • PSC clarification statement on media report
  • Date of events
  • 2021/11/29
  • To which item it meets
  • paragraph 51
  • Statement
  • 1.Date of occurrence of the event:2021/11/29
    2.Company name:President Securities Corporation
    3.Relationship with the Company (please enter ”the company itself” or
    ”subsidiaries”):the company itself
    4.Reciprocal shareholding percentage:NA
    5.Name of the reporting media:various reporting media
    6.Content of the report:PSC's’sub-brokerage systems are
    suspected to be hacked and the Company confirmed foreign stock
    trading has been handled manually.
    7.Cause of occurrence:NA
    8.Countermeasures:NA
    9.Any other matters that need to be specified:
    PSC had detected one of its client’s unusual activities relating to
    Hong Kong stock orders around 3 pm on November 25, 2021. After proactive
    and comprehensive inspection, PSC had found a total of 7 client’s
    sub-brokerage account having unusual activities and had notified the
    clients to renew passwords timely and had blocked the suspicious network
    segment. To protect clients’ rights and interests, PSC had temporarily
    suspended the suspicious foreign stock’s trading. PSC had reported
    the case to the Criminal Investigation Bureau (”CIB”) of the Ministry
    of Interior Affairs and to the authority in accordance with internal
    rules and policy. PSC valued
    information security protection highly and will do the best to
    protect clients’ rights.
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