Smashing Security episode 491 covers AI banking agents and a ransomware firm accused of paying criminals

Bank of America has told customers not to hand their banking passwords to AI assistants, and says losses caused by an AI agent acting on their accounts are the customer's responsibility. A separate firm that promised to recover ransomware victims' data without paying the attackers now faces an indictment alleging it did pay. ProPublica's Renee Dudley reported on the case years before the charges, and the topics are discussed in episode 491 of the Smashing Security podcast.

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