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CrowdStrike: AI-assisted attacks hit South Korean banks via ARTEX tool

  • —CrowdStrike found exposed Claude Code sessions and ARTEX configurations on attackers' servers
  • —Shinhan Bank reported 25,727 compromised records; Yegaram Savings Bank reported about 40,000 customers
  • —Shinhan detected the intrusion in 15 hours, Hana in 42, KB Kookmin in 68
  • —South Korean regulators ordered security inspections of about 500 companies
Why it matters: AI is accelerating breaches, cutting average breakout time to 29 minutes and shrinking banks' response window, raising the risk of contagion across the financial system.
Source: Cryptopolitan
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