Chinese AI Tool Pulled to Prevent ‘Misuse’ After South Korea Hacks
ARTEX AI, an open-source Chinese penetration testing agent that South Korea says was “highly likely” used in breaches at more than seven financial firms, has been made closed-source by its developer, Autumn-27. We explain what the tool is, how investigators and CrowdStrike linked it to the attacks, what the developer said, why pulling the code cannot recall existing copies, what UK law says about dual-use tools, and what UK businesses should do now.
