Security
Machine vs machine: Defending critical financial systems in the era of Agentic AI
The industry has embraced AI faster than it has defined its guardrails, raising an unavoidable question: are humans really still in control?
Financial Systems
Crime
“There is no bypass": Deepfake detectors fuelling "frustration" in dark web fraud supermarkets
Would-be scammers are unable to beat new security checks and even their most "imaginative" tricks aren't working.
Financial Systems
Jeffrey Epstein, Satoshi Nakamoto and the strange death of the Bitcoin dream
World's first cryptocurrency renamed "Pedocoin" as dark questions about the true identity of its creator and funders spread on social media.
Crime
Dark web cybercriminals vow to fight on after FBI seizure of Ramp forum
"This event has destroyed years of my work creating the freest forum in the world," Ramp's alleged operator wrote after the seizure.
Business
Financial tech raises systemic risk by accelerating bank runs, Bank of England warns
Tomorrow’s financial crisis could unfold at a speed that no human policymaker could ever hope to contend with.
Financial Systems
Bybit crypto heist: North Korean hackers blamed for biggest theft in history
Kim Jong Un's goons stole more than $1.5 billion in Ethereum, which may go towards funding his ballistic missile program.
Financial Systems
Coinbase "clamps down on crypto payments to dark web drug dealers"
Crypto exchange takes steps which appear to be intended to stop people sending funds to criminals' accounts.
Financial Systems
Google Willow sparks "quantum apocalypse" crypto flash crash panic
Are quantum computers going to crack encryption and render Bitcoin, Ethereum and all other coins worthless? Well...