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CrowdStrike researchers found exposed AI session logs containing operational details of attacks on South Korean lenders, The Register reports. The sessions were associated with activity involving Claude Code and the ARTEX penetration-testing tool.
Why it mattersCrowdStrike says the logs may help identify the attacker, but it cannot establish that link definitively. The researchers say at least five lenders were affected; police are investigating who carried out the attacks. The concrete AI connection is the reported use of agentic coding and penetration-testing tools in intrusions, not proof that AI acted on its own.
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