{"id":269780,"date":"2026-06-10T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/south-korea-warns-north-korea-using-autonomous-hacking-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:35:12","slug":"south-korea-warns-north-korea-using-autonomous-hacking-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/south-korea-warns-north-korea-using-autonomous-hacking-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea warns North Korea using autonomous hacking AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Korea warns North Korea using autonomous hacking AI<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/06\/10\/north-korea-cybersecurity-agentic-ai\/9071781132600\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-10 19:18:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.upi.com<\/a><\/p>\n

ILLUSTRATION – A person sits in front of a computer screen. South Korea\u2019s spy agency says North Korea’s AI-assisted cyberattacks could generate tens of thousands of malicious actions per second. SASCHA STEINBACH \/ EPA<\/p>\n

June 10 (Asia Today) —<\/span> Artificial intelligence is reshaping the cybersecurity battlefield, South Korea’s spy agency warned, saying North Korean hacking groups are moving toward autonomous attacks that can identify vulnerabilities, break into systems and monetize stolen data with limited human involvement.<\/p>\n

The National Cyber Security Center, operated under the National Intelligence Service, issued the warning in its 2026 National Information Security White Paper, released Sunday.\n<\/p>\n

The agency said the rapid development of AI has sharply increased the capabilities of attackers, while the spread of cloud infrastructure and the neglect of aging systems have exposed structural weaknesses in South Korea’s cyber defenses.<\/p>\n

The agency focused in particular on the rise of agentic AI, a form of autonomous artificial intelligence that can set goals, analyze data and manipulate external systems without constant human direction.<\/p>\n

When used by hackers, the technology can generate large volumes of phishing messages and other social engineering content, develop hacking tools such as ransomware and carry out large-scale operations with fewer people, less time and lower costs.\n<\/p>\n

Concerns over the misuse of agentic AI grew recently after Anthropic’s AI model Mythos was reported to have produced Windows attack code in 31 minutes.<\/p>\n

The shift is especially visible among North Korean hacking organizations. Global cybersecurity companies including Kaspersky and Google Threat Intelligence Group have identified signs that the North Korea-linked group Kimsuky used large language models to help write code.<\/p>\n

Another North Korea-linked hacking group, APT45, repeatedly entered prompts at scale to search for software vulnerabilities and test whether attack code could be…<\/p>\n

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