CERT-In warns of escalating AI-driven cyberattacks on financial firms, reports repeated breaches

New Delhi, Nov 6 (UNI) India's cybersecurity agency CERT-In has issued a critical warning over escalating artificial intelligence-driven cyberattacks targeting financial institutions, saying it continues to receive reports of successful attacks, including against firms that had already taken remedial measures following earlier security alerts. In an advisory issued on November 4, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) identified the threat actor as "CRAFTY FALCON", an AI-assisted operation targeting financial institutions through payment and fund-disbursement systems. The agency said the campaign involved non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), digital lending platforms, fintech firms, payment aggregators, payment service providers and cryptocurrency exchanges. "The…