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CrowdStrike says China-based suspect used AI tools in South Korean bank hacks

By Kyu-seok Shim and Brenda Goh

Oct 8 2026 4:00PM

Clues found through analysis of AI coding-tool sessions.

CrowdStrike says China-based suspect used AI tools in South Korean bank hacks

The suspect behind recent cyberattacks targeting South ⁠Korea's financial ⁠sector may be a 26-year-old based in China's Guangdong province who used a Chinese-developed AI agent tool called ARTEX and Anthropic's Claude Code, US cyber security firm CrowdStrike said. In a report, ...

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