Thursday, 8 October, 2026
AI Goes Rogue: China-Based Hacker Uses Autonomous AI Agents to Breach South Korean Banks
By TechShots Studio
According to CrowdStrike, a China-based threat actor leveraged the open-source AI pentesting tool ARTEX alongside Anthropic’s Claude Code to orchestrate cyberattacks against South Korean financial institutions. The sophisticated campaign successfully compromised sensitive customer data across multiple banks, highlighting how automated agentic AI tooling is supercharging modern cyber threats.
Read full story at REUTERS