[10/26 09:00 UTC] South Korean police arrest seven in the country's first large-scale AI-assi…

AI News Flash for October 26, 2026 at 09:00 UTC. Topics: 1. South Korean police arrest seven in the country's first large-scale AI-assisted hacking case, with 8.2 million records stolen from about 90 organizations https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/korea/seven-arrested-for-using-generative-ai-to-hack-90-organizations/12938493 2. Japan's Digital Agency adds an AI agent function to "Gennai," the generative AI platform used by about 180,000 government employees https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026102600115/ 3. India's Tata Communications to spend up to 450 million dollars on an "AI Super Highway" fiber network linking data center hubs https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/indias-tata-communications-spend-450-million-ai-connectivity-infrastructure-2026-10-26/ 4. Springer Nature and Google DeepMind partner on an AI assistant for peer review https://www.researchinformation.info/news/springer-nature-and-google-deepmind-partner-on-ai-peer-review-assistant/ 5. Experts call Estonia's draft law on registering AI agents deficient and even dangerous https://news.err.ee/1610176885/experts-consider-estonia-s-plan-to-register-ai-agents-dangerous