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South Korea Arrests Seven in First Big AI-Assisted Hacking Case

National Trade News capital-markets note (2026-10-26): Police in Seoul say a 32-year-old with no IT background used AI tools to break into about 90 hospitals, schools and companies, then pressed victims for… Primary source: original at Decrypt (decrypt.co).

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South Korea Arrests Seven in First Big AI-Assisted Hacking Case

Police in Seoul say a 32-year-old with no IT background used AI tools to break into about 90 hospitals, schools and companies, then pressed victims for roughly $270,000 combined.

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