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Hackers Used Chinese AI Tool Artex Used to Hack South Korean Banks

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South Korea's National Police Agency opened a probe Tuesday after attacks hit at least 7 financial firms and exposed data of 68,000 people

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Analysis suggests that ‘ARTEX AI,’ known to have been used in hacking attacks targeting South Korean financial institutions, is an artificial intelligence (AI) security tool developed in China. It appears that hackers utilized a tool designed to identify corporate security vulnerabilities in their attacks. According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on the 6th (local time), some of the web servers used in the attacks contained ‘ARTEX AI,’ develop…

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It has been revealed that ‘ARTEX,’ a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) agent suspected of being a core tool for hacking the domestic financial sector, is closely linked with the AI model ‘DeepSeek.’ This indicates that a ‘Chinese hacking ecosystem’ has been established, ranging from AI models to agents.

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Kwon Ha-young and Park Soo-hyun = The Chinese-based artificial intelligence (AI) autonomous... identified as having been exploited in recent hacking attacks targeting the domestic financial sector, including Shinhan Bank

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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