AI pentest agent ARTEX goes closed source after links to attacks on 9 Korean banks
mark_k · x · 2026-10-10
The Chinese developer of ARTEX, an open-source AI agent for automated penetration testing, pulled the project after CrowdStrike linked it — alongside Anthropic's Claude Code — to attacks targeting at least nine South Korean banks. Critics note the code is already public, so closure hampers legitimate researchers more than attackers.
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