Hacker Hired AI Interns to Rob South Korean Banks, Who Then Asked Claude Where to Fence the Data
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The AI was a willing accomplice, and it apparently also helped find buyers for the stolen loot.
What happened
CrowdStrike reported that a suspected China-based, financially motivated threat actor used the open-source agentic pentesting tool ARTEX alongside Anthropic's Claude to breach South Korean financial organizations from late September to early October 2026. Shinhan Bank and Yegaram Savings Bank reported breaches affecting 25,000 and 40,000 people. South Korea's Financial Services Commission issued a consumer alert on October 6.