Korea intensifies efforts to track hackers behind bank cyberattacks
Authorities are stepping up efforts to identify the hackers behind an unprecedented series of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted cyberattacks targeting Korea's major financial institutions, Thursday, as a global cybersecurity firm pointed to a possible suspect based in China. CrowdStrike said in a report released the previous day that the threat actor was likely a Chinese speaker and…
Korea is ramping up efforts to trace the hackers responsible for a series of sophisticated cyberattacks on major financial institutions, utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) assistance, authorities announced on Thursday. A global cybersecurity firm, CrowdStrike, identified a likely suspect based in China, noting the attacker's probable Chinese linguistic background and financial motivation.
The firm observed the use of ARTEX, a Chinese-developed autonomous penetration-testing tool, along with Chinese-language prompts during the attacks. CrowdStrike further suggested that DeepSeek's V4.1-Flash served as the large language model backend for ARTEX, while GLM-5.3 from Chinese AI company Zhipu AI and Grok 4.6 were employed in separate Claude Code sessions.
The most compelling evidence came from a Claude Code session where the attacker requested the AI tool to create a resume for a security researcher, providing details such as a 26-year-old age and an educational background at Sou.
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