{
  "id": 14136762,
  "title": "Police working with FBI to trace hackers behind recent cyberattacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/police-working-with-fbi-to-trace-hackers-behind-recent-cyberattacks-14136762",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261013/police-working-with-fbi-to-trace-hackers-behind-recent-cyberattacks"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Korean police are collaborating with the FBI to identify the hackers responsible for recent cyberattacks on the country's financial institutions, according to sources. Authorities, including the Korean National Police Agency, are in the process of cooperating with the FBI to gather crucial investigation data such as account details and access logs from major U.S.-based cybersecurity and AI companies. CrowdStrike, a U.S. cybersecurity firm, earlier pointed to a 26-year-old Chinese man from Guangdong Province as a possible suspect, but he has denied any involvement. Local authorities are open to the idea that other individuals or groups could be behind the attacks, sources said on condition of anonymity. Police are examining CrowdStrike's data to try to determine the hackers' identities, as well as documents that suggest links to a Chinese distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack group.",
  "summary": "Korean police are working with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to trace the hackers behind recent cyberattacks targeting Korea's financial institutions, sources said Tuesday. According to the sources, Korean authorities, including the Korean National Police Agency, have recently launched the process for cooperation with the FBI. The move aims to obtain critical investigation data,…",
  "key_points": [
    "Korean police and FBI collaborating to trace hackers",
    "CrowdStrike identifies 26-year-old Chinese man as possible suspect",
    "Police examining data for hacker identities and Chinese DDoS group links"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Cross-border cooperation between Korean police and the FBI signals a growing necessity for international law enforcement to leverage American cybersecurity data to track sophisticated transnational digital threats.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Police working with FBI to trace hackers behind recent cyberattacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/police-working-with-fbi-to-trace-hackers-behind-recent-cyberattacks",
        "published": "2026-10-13T05:49:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Police working with FBI to trace hackers behind recent cyberattacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/police-working-with-fbi-to-trace-hackers-behind-recent-cyberattacks-14140286",
        "published": "2026-10-13T07:12:03.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}