[Exclusive] Financial Supervisory Service Blocks DeepSeek Access Starting Morning of the 6th

DeepSeek Blocked via Internal Notice on the Morning of the 6th

The Financial Supervisory Service, which oversees financial institutions, has also blocked access to the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) platform DeepSeek. This decision was made based on the need to prevent information leaks after controversies arose over DeepSeek's excessive collection of user data.

On the 6th, a Financial Supervisory Service official stated, "This morning, we issued an internal notice restricting access to DeepSeek from computers that can connect externally."

Earlier, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy became the first government department to temporarily block the use of DeepSeek due to concerns that DeepSeek excessively collects training data, potentially leading to information leaks. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also blocked access to DeepSeek.

Previously, public institutions had proactively blocked access to DeepSeek. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, a state-owned nuclear power company, and Korea Plant Service & Engineering (KEPCO KPS), a public company responsible for power generation and transmission facility maintenance, were the first in the public sector to prohibit the use of DeepSeek. This marks the first case of restricting DeepSeek in the domestic public sector.