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The European Central Bank (ECB) published a Dear CEO letter to significant banks on 07 July 2026. It refers to the increasing risks that arise for cyber-security due to the use of Frontier AI Systems. The ECB emphasises the urgency for the swift remediation of existing security vulnerabilities as well as additional measures to be taken to strengthen operational and digital resilience. Institutions are expected to submit actions plans by 31 October 2026.<\/p>

The Dear CEO Letter can be found here: SSM Letter to Significant Institutions on AI-Enabled Cybersecurity Threats (Format: <\/span>pdf, Size: <\/span>225,9 KB, Language: <\/span>English)<\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ECB urges significant institutions to draw up action plans against increasing AI-enabled cyber-risks by end of October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41500937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-en"],"yoast_head":"\nECB urges banks to draw up action plans addressing AI-enabled cybersecurity threats - FMA \u00d6sterreich<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/ecb-urges-banks-to-draw-up-action-plans-addressing-ai-enabled-cybersecurity-threats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECB urges banks to draw up action plans addressing AI-enabled cybersecurity threats - 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