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  "id": 12641865,
  "title": "South Korea's president warned AI was used to hack 7 banks, exposing 68,000 people",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/south-koreas-president-warned-ai-was-used-to-hack-7-banks-exposing-68",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-07T13:40:56.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://qz.com/south-korea-president-ai-bank-hacks-68000-customers-100726"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung directed officials to investigate after cyberattacks hit Shinhan Bank, KB Kookmin Bank, and others",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "South Korea plans to launch a ~$3.5B program to develop a frontier AI model starting as early as March 2027 and will open a competition to select participants (Jie Ye-eun/The Korea Herald)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-korea-plans-to-launch-a-3-5b-program-to-develop-a-frontier-ai",
        "published": "2026-10-06T10:00:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Hackers used a Chinese AI tool to breach 7 South Korean banks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/hackers-used-a-chinese-ai-tool-to-breach-7-south-korean-banks",
        "published": "2026-10-06T11:50:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "South Korea investigates possible use of AI in hacks on its banks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-korea-investigates-possible-use-of-ai-in-hacks-on-its-banks",
        "published": "2026-10-06T12:04:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "President of South Korea believes AI models were used in bank hacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/president-of-south-korea-believes-ai-models-were-used-in-bank-hacks",
        "published": "2026-10-06T21:50:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "AI appears to have been used in bank hacks: South Korean President Lee",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ai-appears-to-have-been-used-in-bank-hacks-south-korean-president-lee",
        "published": "2026-10-07T05:42:18.000Z"
      }
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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."
}