The International Monetary Fund has issued a stark warning about the escalating cybersecurity threats facing the global financial system, highlighting how artificial intelligence tools are fundamentally reshaping the threat landscape by enabling even inexperienced attackers to launch sophisticated assaults on critical infrastructure. In a comprehensive assessment of emerging risks to financial stability, the IMF called for treating cybersecurity as a core stability issue rather than a peripheral concern. The organization's warning comes as artificial intelligence democratizes access to advanced attack methodologies that were previously the exclusive domain of state-sponsored groups and highly skilled criminal organizations. The AI-Enabled Threat Revolution The transformation of the cyber threat environment represents a paradigm shift in how financial institutions must conceptualize their defensive strategies.…