{
  "id": 12289158,
  "title": "South Korea's Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-koreas-lee-says-ai-appears-to-have-been-used-in-bank-hacks-12289158",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-06T03:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/south-korea-ai-bank-hanks-data-breach-6434861"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Korea's president Lee Jae Myung has stated that AI models appear to have been used in recent hacking incidents against banks. He made this comment during a cabinet meeting, expressing concern and anxiety caused by these incidents.\n\nThe hacking attacks targeted several commercial banks, including KB Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank, Hana Bank, and Woori Bank, resulting in a breach of customers' personal information. According to the Financial Services Commission, a full-scale investigation into the attacks has been launched by South Korea's police.\n\nThe authorities are working to establish the circumstances of the breaches and minimize the damage. However, details on the kind of AI tools used and the full scale of the breaches have not been disclosed yet.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "South Korea plans to develop $3.5 billion frontier AI model starting next year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-korea-plans-to-develop-3-5-billion-frontier-ai-model-starting",
        "published": "2026-10-06T02:31:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "South Korea’s Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-koreas-lee-says-ai-appears-to-have-been-used-in-bank-hacks-12288693",
        "published": "2026-10-06T03:06:28.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}