On Tuesday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said the bank is blocking outside AI agents from logging in to or acting on customer accounts, warning of security risks from 'rogue agents' as more people use agents that perform tasks for them. A JPMorgan spokesperson said the bank rejects third-party agents that obtain customers' banking credentials, while supporting customer-authorized data sharing through open banking providers. The article cites a Cloud Security Alliance note describing a cybercrime campaign in which three open-source AI agents allegedly breached at least 27 organizations and took more than 600,000 credit card records from two of them.
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Original headline: ‘You don’t want rogue agents’: Jamie Dimon bars outside AI agents like Meta’s Muse from JPMorgan accounts
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| Market | US stocks |
|---|---|
| Sector | Financials |
| Industry | Diversified Banks |
| Market cap | $891.9B |
| Close on 10/14/2026 | 335.28 |
| Change that session | +1.16% |
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