{"id":596026,"date":"2026-05-04T15:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=596026"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:08:50","slug":"americans-should-be-worried-about-ai-hacking-our-bank-accounts-bessent-warns-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=596026","title":{"rendered":"Americans should be worried about AI hacking our bank accounts, Bessent warns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cybersecurity risks and concerns about artificial intelligence in banking prompted warnings from\u00a0 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.<\/p>\n

Speaking with host Maria Bartiromo on \u201cSunday Morning Futures,\u201d Bessent noted the evolving threats after having met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Wall Street bank executives in response to a reported breach of Anthropic\u2019s Mythos A.I. model.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rapid advancement of AI has raised concerns among cybersecurity experts that increasingly sophisticated systems could be used to identify and exploit weaknesses in banking infrastructure, potentially allowing bad actors to carry out attacks at an unprecedented scale and speed,\u201d Fox News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pace of development has prompted closer coordination between regulators, financial institutions, and AI companies to strengthen defenses and improve resilience, especially as the Trump administration vies for a leading position in the race to the future,\u201d the outlet added.<\/p>\n\n

(Video Credit: Fox News)<\/p>\n

\u201cI know you\u2019ve called a meeting, some said it was an emergency meeting to talk about the banks and A.I. after a breach of Anthropic. What can you tell us about this issue?\u201d Bartiromo asked Bessent near the end of a wide-ranging interview. \u201cShould we be worried about A.I. hacking our bank accounts?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should, Maria,\u201d Bessent bluntly replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. government has gotten involved. The AI companies are working with us,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat we\u2019ve had in the past month was a step change in the power of one large language model. But we\u2019re going to see it from the other A.I. companies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthropic rolled out a new A.I. model to a small group of companies last month, but then investigated a report of \u201cunauthorized access to Mythos from one of its third-party vendor environments,\u201d according to CBS News.<\/p>\n

CBS News reported<\/a> in April:<\/p>\n

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At the time, Anthropic only shared the tool with a small group of major companies, including Amazon, Apple, Cisco, JPMorgan Chase and Nvidia, amid concerns that the new model could be exploited by hackers. The goal was to help these companies harden their defenses before bad actors can gain access to Mythos or similar AI models.<\/p>\n

Federal officials, security experts and leaders at global institutions like the International Monetary Fund have all raised concerns about what might happen if Mythos falls into the wrong hands. While Project Glasswing is intended to help companies insulate themselves from cybersecurity threats, some experts are concerned that Mythos could also be used to exploit IT infrastructure at banks, hospitals, government systems and other organizations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important, Maria, that the U.S. stays ahead here. Imagine if China or some non-state actor were ahead of us,\u201d Bessent told Bartiromo in his interview. \u201cWhat we\u2019re determined to do is to work with our A.I. companies to allow them to continue to innovate, but our charge is maintaining safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a very important calculus here between innovation and safety,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd the U.S. government, we\u2019re going to make sure that things stay safe. \u201d<\/p>\n

Bessent noted that the meeting with Powell and bank heads was \u201ca little less dramatic than it seemed at the time\u201d since the executives were already in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe banks are working on their resiliency, and the U.S. government is working side by side with everyone,\u201d he told Bartiromo. \u201cAnd again, they\u2019re very important for the U.S to continue to dominate here, set the global standard, and maintain our lead.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cybersecurity risks and concerns about artificial intelligence in banking prompted warnings from\u00a0 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Speaking with host Maria Bartiromo on \u201cSunday Morning Futures,\u201d Bessent noted the evolving threats after having met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Wall Street bank executives in response to a reported breach of Anthropic\u2019s Mythos A.I. model.… Continue reading Americans should be worried about AI hacking our bank accounts, Bessent warns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=596026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/596022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=596026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=596026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=596026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}