AI-powered hacking tool enabled breach of multiple South Korean banks
Original titleAI-powered hacking tools enabled a likely single attacker to breach multiple South Korean banks
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A suspected Chinese-speaking attacker used ARTEX, an AI-powered automated penetration testing tool, to breach multiple South Korean financial institutions, stealing over 25,000 customer records from Shinhan Bank alone, according to CrowdStrike.
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According to CrowdStrike, a suspected Chinese-speaking attacker hacked multiple South Korean financial institutions. At Shinhan Bank alone, more than 25,000 customer records were stolen. The attacker used ARTEX, an open-source tool that uses AI models like DeepSeek and GLM-5.3 for automated penetration testing. CrowdStrike says the case shows how AI tools can let a single person pull off massive breaches. The article AI-powered hacking tools enabled a likely single attacker to breach multiple South Korean banks appeared first on The Decoder.