aceWorld leaders must wise up to threat of cyber-attacks or rogue fridges will be least of their worries | Heather Stewart
Rogue French fridges were an unlikely talking point for the world’s leading economists, central bankers and finance chiefs meeting in a sultry Bangkok last week – helping to underline the spiralling cost of cyber-attacks. Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, seized on news that supermarket chains across France had to chuck out piles of spoiled food after hackers accessed their fridge controls and turned up the temperature to 50C. Speaking at the fund’s annual meetings i…
AI is amplifying digital fraud and enabling autonomous financial agents, which senior policymakers fear could erode public trust in banks, accelerate bank runs and leave liability unclear when agents act badly.
The article says legal responsibility for harmful AI agent decisions will probably only be clarified by case law after something goes wrong, and these financial risks remain prospective rather than measured.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-18
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