Japan's Financial Services Agency and Bank of Japan request financial institutions to prepare against AI cyberattacks, including nine measures such as setting response priorities

FSA and the Bank of Japan urged financial institutions to prepare for AI-enabled cyberattacks with nine short-term measures.

The measures include strengthening management structures, prioritizing protection of critical systems, and accelerating vulnerability fixes and patching.

They also call for maintaining external coordination and other defenses to limit outages and wider damage.

The warning comes as generative AI could speed up vulnerability discovery and attack-code creation, raising risks for financial infrastructure.