As AI hacking spreads, companies are not only increasing cybersecurity budgets but also changing spending priorities, benefiting some newer security technologies while sidelining parts of the traditional stack. Large firms are raising outlays for tools to monitor employee AI use, find vulnerabilities ahead of hackers and speed patching. Some are cutting spending on traditional vulnerability management, log collection and penetration testing. Gartner forecasts strong growth in the AI security market through 2028.

South Korea\'s Financial Supervisory Service called in chief information security officers from financial companies and urged stronger responses to cyberattacks using artificial intelligence. It said it will conduct on-site inspections of high-risk firms with weak basic IT controls and intensify monitoring, including management interviews. The watchdog plans checks in five areas through November and said it may reduce sanctions for minor incidents if firms make thorough self-corrections, but will take tough action if passive efforts lead to major IT and cyber incidents.