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  "id": 12347102,
  "title": "AI appears to have been used in bank hacks: South Korea’s Lee",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/ai-appears-to-have-been-used-in-bank-hacks-south-koreas-lee",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-06T07:04:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/banking-finance/ai-appears-have-been-used-bank-hacks-south-koreas-lee"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Police are investigating breaches affecting several major lenders; details of alleged artificial intelligence tools used remain undisclosed",
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        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "It had to happen ... South Korea warns of possible AI use in banking hacks as 68,000 people affected",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/it-had-to-happen-south-korea-warns-of-possible-ai-use-in-banking",
        "published": "2026-10-06T06:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "AI models used in bank cyber attacks, warns South Korea’s president",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/ai-models-used-in-bank-cyber-attacks-warns-south-koreas-president",
        "published": "2026-10-06T06:19:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "South Korean officials are probing whether AI agents were used in recent bank hacks, after President Lee Jae Myung said \"signs\" suggest AI models were involved (New York Times)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-korean-officials-are-probing-whether-ai-agents-were-used-in",
        "published": "2026-10-06T08:20:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "South Korea warns of possible AI use in banking hacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-korea-warns-of-possible-ai-use-in-banking-hacks",
        "published": "2026-10-06T08:44:08.000Z"
      }
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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."
}