India, April 26 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday urged all entities in the financial sector to be 'exceptionally vigilant' on cybersecurity.

Without naming Mythos, the newly minted platform from leading AI company Anthropic, Sitharaman said artificial intelligence tools are making cyberattacks faster and more adaptive.

Such tools can also evade detection by deploying tactics like automated discovery of system vulnerabilities and malicious source-code interference, she added"... not just Sebi but all regulated entities will have to remain exceptionally vigilant.

The tools of attack are evolving at high speed, and the tools of defence must evolve even faster," Sitharaman said, speaking at the 28th foundation day e...