ECB Tells Banks to Draw up Plans Against AI Attacks Amid Disruption Fears
The supervisor also urged lenders to modernize aging systems and strengthen crisis planning as regulators warn large-scale disruptions could erode trust.
- On Tuesday, the European Central Bank ordered euro zone banks to develop contingency plans against AI-enabled cyber threats, with Claudia Buch, chair of the ECB's supervisory board, setting an October 31 deadline for submission.
- Frontier AI models such as Anthropic's Mythos can identify software vulnerabilities and write exploits at unprecedented speeds; Buch warned this capability 'collapses the gap between finding a flaw and firing through it.'
- The European Systemic Risk Board warned that large-scale cyber disruptions could erode trust and trigger bank runs, while the ECB stated these developments have 'profound implications for the confidentiality, integrity and resilience' of ICT systems.
- With nearly all leading AI providers based outside the European Union, the bloc faces geopolitical pressure, prompting French startup Mistral to engage European banks with home-grown flaw-hunting tools.
- ECB President Christine Lagarde warned last month that AI could trigger a dangerous financial crisis; the ECB has already run 109 banks through a severe cyber-attack drill to prepare.
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The European Central Bank (ECB) gave euro area banks a four-month deadline on Wednesday to develop plans to combat AI-based cyber threats that can undermine confidence in the financial system and affect payments.
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