ARTEX developer says AI agent has become closed source

Published Friday, October 9, 2026 · 8:37 AM EDT

The Chinese developer of ARTEX says it has converted the AI agent into a closed-source project, Reuters reported. The change followed CrowdStrike's statement that ARTEX had been used to hack South Korean banks. The developer's statement concerns access to the project's source code; the hacking attribution comes from CrowdStrike.

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