Choblin(@choblin29):WTH. The Chinese developer behind ARTEX has pulled the AI hacking agent from public release and is taking it CLOSED-SOURCE after it was linked to cyberattacks targeting at least 9 South Korean banks. The suspected attacker was reportedly just 26 years old, based in China, and had relatively unsophisticated technical skills, yet used ARTEX alongside Claude Code, with session logs also showing GLM-5.3 and DeepSeek V4.1-Flash. Local reports say data belonging to ~68,000 customers was exposed. The Chinese developer has now ended all public releases and maintenance support.

2026.10.09 06:52

WTH. The Chinese developer behind ARTEX has pulled the AI hacking agent from public release and is taking it CLOSED-SOURCE after it was linked to cyberattacks targeting at least 9 South Korean banks. The suspected attacker was reportedly just 26 years old, based in China, and had relatively unsophisticated technical skills, yet used ARTEX alongside Claude Code, with session logs also showing GLM-5.3 and DeepSeek V4.1-Flash. Local reports say data belonging to ~68,000 customers was exposed. The Chinese developer has now ended all public releases and maintenance support.