Seoul police arrest seven in South Korea’s first large-scale AI-assisted hacking case
Ringleader allegedly used generative AI tools to breach 90 organizations and steal 8.2 million records
Seoul police have arrested seven people in what they call South Korea’s first large-scale hacking operation assisted by generative AI. The campaign allegedly targeted about 90 organizations, including hospitals, universities, and private academies, and stole 8.2 million records. The ringleader, a 32-year-old with no formal IT background, is accused of adding an AI coding agent and an autonomous penetration-testing system in late August, enabling him to breach 60 companies in 44 days.