A series of securities accounts are at risk of being appropriated, what should investors do to protect themselves?

Securities companies have warned their customers about the risk of exposing their accounts after the State Securities Commission warned of a security hole that allows objects to access the system and obtain information. and appropriated the right to use securities accounts of investors.

SSI Securities Company has just sent a warning to investors to take measures to protect “Login password” and “Transaction password” (PIN code, OTP code, Digital certificate) when using using SSI’s online trading systems including: Web Trading, Mobile Trading, Pro Trading, iBoard web and iboard app.

Securities companies send warning information to investors to take measures to protect their accounts. (Illustration image: Labor)

The securities company also warned investors not to write down their passwords on paper or store them in unsafe forms, easily causing information loss and leakage. In addition, users need to properly password protect. Do not set a password that contains personal information such as full name, date of birth, phone number, license plate number, or easy-to-guess characters such as “123456”, “abcd1234”, “qwerty” …Accordingly, the securities company recommends that customers do not provide “Login Password” and “Trading Password” to others. SSI’s side said that company personnel or authorities never ask customers to provide information about “Login password” or “Transaction password” in any form and under any circumstances. . Therefore, investors do not provide this information to anyone, and at the same time do not share it with family members and friends to avoid risks of account information security.

Users should also avoid using the same login password and transaction password with other services used on the network. This helps limit the possibility of leaking securities account information in case the crooks get the password of another service.

In addition, it is necessary to regularly change the login password and transaction password (PIN code). SSI side recommends that investors should change periodically or as soon as they suspect that account information is leaked.

Previously, the State Securities Commission had just issued a warning about security holes of securities companies. Through coordinated investigation, it was found that some subjects tried to access the IT system of the securities company through security holes.

Subjects know some specific information of customers such as login username and password, thereby can hijack the use of investor’s securities trading account to conduct securities transactions, money transfer, withdrawal and property appropriation.

The State Securities Commission has sent a dispatch requesting securities companies to scan for security holes in the IT system, online securities trading system and Internet-connected systems in order to promptly fix the problems. security holes (if any). Also, perform security patch updates of server operating systems, databases, and other IT devices. Securities companies re-check the process when investors perform online transaction authentication to overcome risks; adjust the system so that the customer’s money transfer, money advance, account change transactions must be verified by OTP immediately.

According to experts, the fact that information is leaked due to hackers accessing the IT system of securities companies through a security hole makes investors face many potential risks.

The Department of Information Security (Ministry of Information and Communications) said that the fact that some objects try to access the IT system of securities companies through vulnerabilities can affect the security, especially sensitive data. financial loss and reputation of the business. The fact that cyber attackers get hold of some specific customer information such as login username and password not only exposes investors to the loss of money or personal information, but also related In some cases, cyber attacks can have system-wide effects and cause serious economic instability.