Autonomous AI Intrusion Wave Across the Sector — severe-but-plausible scenario — ITOL

Vector: Cyber · Severity: severe

An agentic penetration-testing tool wired to commercial and open-weight AI models runs intrusion campaigns against dozens of financial firms at once. It needs no new zero-day. It finds the unpatched edge appliance, the forgotten test system and the partner API with weak authentication, and takes customer data through the side door. The bank is one of many victims the same week.