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AI-powered hacking tools enabled a likely single attacker to breach multiple South Korean banks

October 8

According to CrowdStrike, a suspected Chinese-speaking attacker hacked multiple South Korean financial institutions. At Shinhan Bank alone, more than 25,000 customer records were stolen.

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