Seven South Korean financial institutions were breached in late September 2026 using an open-source autonomous hacking tool called ARTEX AI, exposing approximately 65,000 records through credential stuffing attacks. President Lee Jae-myung ordered an immediate investigation and emergency security checks across the financial sector.
Crypto wallet maker Ledger has been hit with a $500 million class action lawsuit alleging the company failed to prevent multiple data breaches and adequately protect customers. Plaintiff Douglas Kim claims he lost $1.9 million after attackers exploited compromised customer data from a December 2023 breach, with a former employee's lingering access enabling malicious code injection.
Cryptocurrency wallet provider SafePal disclosed a security breach that exposed names, physical addresses, and contact details of 39,798 customers. The breach follows a similar incident at Trezor days earlier that affected 13,689 users.
