Forensic Summary

The FIDO Alliance, backed by Google and Mastercard, is forming working groups to establish cryptographic standards for authenticating AI agent-initiated transactions, addressing risks like agent hijacking, prompt injection, and unauthorised financial actions. The initiative responds to a growing attack surface where agentic AI systems act on behalf of users without adequate authentication frameworks. Google's Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) and Mastercard's Verifiable Intent framework are being contributed as open-source foundations for the effort.

Read the full technical deep-dive on Grid the Grey: https://gridthegrey.com/posts/fido-alliance-launches-standards-push-to-secure-ai-agent-transactions/