SEP 9, 2026 · PREPRINT
Cyber-Financial Contagion: Modeling the Propagation of an AI Vendor Compromise Through the Banking System
arXiv
A modeling and simulation study that raises important questions about AI vendor concentration risk in banking, but does not test real-world outcomes or provide empirical validation beyond synthetic data.
Hypothesis-GeneratingAlex Leytes
Reported
Vendors in synthetic network60
Banks in synthetic network220
Vendor-bank service edges2500