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AI Hacker Breaches South Korean Banks, Exposes 25,000

By Drooid · Oct 8, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

A 26-year-old hacker in China used AI tools to breach South Korean banks.
CrowdStrike traced the attacker to Guangdong province through analysis of AI coding-tool sessions.
The hacker employed the open-source AI agent ARTEX together with Anthropic’s Claude.
Shinhan Bank said personal data of about 25,000 customers was compromised.
President Lee Jae Myung called for a robust response as police opened a probe.

History

Historical Context

Before the May 12 2017 WannaCry outbreak, the U.S. NSA created the EternalBlue exploit, which the Shadow Brokers leaked and Microsoft patched only in March 2017. The ransomware, later linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group—also blamed for the 2014 Sony hack—infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide, prompting tighter cyber-defense policies and spurred international cooperation on cyber-security.

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Story summary

A 26-year-old hacker in China used AI tools to breach South Korean banks.
CrowdStrike traced the attacker to Guangdong province through analysis of AI coding-tool sessions.
The hacker employed the open-source AI agent ARTEX together with Anthropic’s Claude.
Shinhan Bank said personal data of about 25,000 customers was compromised.
President Lee Jae Myung called for a robust response as police opened a probe.

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