- Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios. The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios. Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said. Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior. We also have an ongoing situation in the UK. Some 32 Government services are offline and four are partially unavailable while work is carried out to address potential cyber-security issues, a minister said today. Organizations around the world have been scrambling to fix a critical security flaw in the programming language PHP, which is used by the majority of websites. PHP helps to build and run websites – with government departments using it to power online services such as tax returns, license applications and benefits claims. Tech minister Baroness Lloyd of Effra told the House of Lords: 'The information I have is that 32 Government services are unavailable and four are partially unavailable.' She said that 'has largely resulted from precautionary measures taken to protect systems while security updates and mitigations are applied'. While she did not identify the 32 services, the Government revealed today that it had taken the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) website offline for a period. It comes after cyber-security chiefs warned UK organizations yesterday that a 'cri