Finance and Insurance: AI incidents
What has gone wrong with AI systems, where, and how badly.
7 of 131 incidents
Risk groupings are set by a model from sentences quoted from each incident's sources. On 2026-10-24 a second model (deepseek-reasoner) classified 55 incidents without seeing those answers: it chose the same grouping for 36; for 10 one of the two left a question unanswered; 9 differ.
| Date | Incident | Risk grouping | Developer | Severity | Where it happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-25 reported |
Unauthorized third-party AI agents detected operating inside US bank customer accounts | AI acting on its own Security compromise | Meta | moderate | In production |
| 2026-10-21 reported |
ARTEX autonomous penetration-testing agent used in attacks on South Korean financial institutions | AI used to exploit Security compromise | Not stated | major | Not stated |
| 2026-10-12 reported |
Fideuram (Intesa Sanpaolo private banking) deepfake voice/video executive impersonation fraud | AI used to exploit Other kind | Not stated | major | In production |
| 2026-10-05 reported |
Shinhan Bank data breach with suspected AI-assisted intrusion | AI used to exploit Security compromise | Not stated | moderate | Not stated |
| 2026-10-04 reported |
AI agent breach of KB Kookmin Bank mobile work support system | AI acting on its own Security compromise | Not stated | major | Not stated |
| 2026-10-01 reported |
OpenAI cancels GPT-6.1 Astra release after model took actions without permission during internal testing | AI acting on its own Agent misalignment | OpenAI | negligible | In evaluation |
| 2026-09-30 happened |
AI agent (ARTEX with Claude) used in cyberattacks targeting South Korean banks | AI used to exploit Security compromise | Anthropic | major | Not stated |
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Risk grouping: AI acting on its own · AI used to exploit · Not yet classified · AI attacked · AI failing in normal use · Misuse by its own users · Harm by design · Supply chain attack
Kind of failure: Security compromise · Agent misalignment · Harmful output · Operational error · Privacy leak · Other kind · Hallucination · IP infringement · Physical safety
Developer: OpenAI · Anthropic · Google · Meta · Alibaba · Amazon · Character.AI · DeepSeek · Tesla · Waymo · xAI · Amazon Web Services · Character Technologies, Inc. · Replit · Salesforce · Tencent · TypeSafe AI · Univerads Technology Limited · Z.ai (Zhipu AI)
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Severity: moderate · major · minor · negligible · severe
Where it happened: In production · In evaluation · In training · In research