South China University of Technology · Full chronicle and history

On October 7, cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike released an investigation report stating that from late September to early October, multiple financial institutions in South Korea suffered cyberattacks and data breaches. The attackers used the ARTEX tool developed in China in combination with AI models such as DeepSeek and Zhipu GLM, and are suspected to be students at South China University of Technology, after personal information was leaked through exposed Claude session records on a server.

Around April 29, 2025, an open letter signed by Lin Ying, dean of the School of Biology and Biological Engineering at South China University of Technology, and Han Shuangyan, calling for resistance to dictatorship, circulated online. The university's official website subsequently removed their personal profiles, and the authenticity of the letter remains in doubt.