South Korean officials are investigating whether artificial intelligence agents were involved in recent hacking incidents against banks in the country. President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday (Oct 6) that “signs have emerged” that AI models had been used in some of the cyberattacks, “causing considerable public concern and anxiety.” He told his Cabinet to confirm what had happened “swiftly and clearly,” and to deploy personnel and resources to minimise the damage. No details were provided about who was behind the hacks.
USSC Director of Strategic Technologies spoke with The New York Times on this development, saying that keeping up with frontier technology is difficult, but "it’s become just essential risk management."