Skip to content
AI IntelligenceOct 8, 2026AI Intelligence
Article

According to CrowdStrike, a suspected Chinese-speaking attacker hacked multiple South Korean financial institutions using AI-powered hacking tools.

At Shinhan Bank alone, more than 25,000 customer records were stolen, with the attacker using the open-source tool ARTEX that leverages AI models like DeepSeek and GLM-5.

AI-generated: summaries written by AI from the linked sources. How we use AI

AI-generatedSource: The Decoder
01

Source Brief

According to CrowdStrike, a suspected Chinese-speaking attacker hacked multiple South Korean financial institutions using AI-powered hacking tools. At Shinhan Bank alone, more than 25,000 customer records were stolen, with the attacker using the open-source tool ARTEX that leverages AI models like DeepSeek and GLM-5.