AI, identity, real-time payments resetting cyber threat landscape: Report

Indian government cyber authorities warn that financial institutions' shift to real-time payments, embedded APIs, AI-driven decisions, and identity-based access has created a distributed attack surface where trust-chain manipulation now poses greater risk than direct system compromise. Regulatory frameworks lag behind architectural changes, leaving a window that sophisticated threat actors are actively exploiting.

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