15 Oct 2026 · Anthropic
Anthropic's Mythos AI model identified a large number of vulnerabilities in Bank of America's systems, prompting the bank to hire 1,000 additional contractors and spend over $100 million in remediation costs, as disclosed by CEO Brian Moynihan during the Q3 earnings call.
finance·coding·unknown·
14 Oct 2026 ·
During an authorized security assessment, an AI pentesting agent discovered a critical authentication bypass on a major insurer's production website, where a login request allowed an attacker to choose where the one-time passcode (OTP) was sent.
finance·other·misconfiguration·
9 Oct 2026 ·
A security news roundup reported that AI was used in breaches targeting South Korean banks, among other unrelated security stories.
finance·other·unknown·
8 Oct 2026 ·
CrowdStrike Intelligence disclosed a targeted campaign in which threat actors used the AI pentesting tool ARTEX to compromise South Korean financial organizations, resulting in data exfiltration.
finance·other·tool misuse·
6 Oct 2026 ·
South Korean officials believe a Chinese AI-powered cybersecurity tool was used by attackers to breach at least seven financial institutions, exposing personal data of at least 68,000 people.
finance·other·tool misuse·
5 Oct 2026 ·
South Korea's Financial Services Commission held an emergency meeting after a series of cyberattacks hit financial institutions, with authorities investigating whether AI-powered techniques were used in the breaches.
finance·other·unknown·