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Vibe Coding Didn’t Cause the Hugging Face Attack. It Explains Why Nobody Saw It Coming.

John O'Connell was recently published in WealthManagement.com on what the July 2026 Hugging Face breach means for wealth firms adopting AI at speed. His argument is that an AI agent broke into Hugging Face's infrastructure not through some exotic zero-day, but by systematically trying thousands of inputs until two legitimate, unreviewed features, a data...

October 1, 2026By John O'ConnellArticleCybersecurityRead more...

John O’Connell Interviewed by Wealth Management

John O'Connell was recently interviewed by Wealth Management about Cybersecurity adoption among RIAs. Adoption has remained low, and the reason isn't awareness, most firms have outsourced IT and assumed that covers cybersecurity, when in reality it's a distinct, multi-part discipline spanning employee training, endpoint security, email security, cloud security, and field hygiene for traveling...

July 9, 2026By John O'ConnellArticleCybersecurity, WealthTechRead more...

AI Can Now Decode Your Keystrokes. Your Advisors Are Exposed.

AI has introduced a new cybersecurity risk: AI systems can now analyze the sound of a keyboard and determine what a person is typing. Machine-learning models can infer the keystrokes with reported accuracy rates as high as 95 percent. Discover how best to combat this threat in this Peaks Perspective article.

May 4, 2026By John O'ConnellPeaks PerspectiveAI, CybersecurityRead more...

Anthropic Claude code leak: Should RIA firms and advisors be worried?

John O’Connell Quoted in InvestmentNews: Anthropic’s Claude code leak: Should RIA firms and advisors be worried?

John O’Connell was featured in this article from InvestmentNews, where he discussed the implications of Anthropic’s recent accidental Claude code leak, urging advisors to question tech partners about their source‑code hygiene, monitoring practices, and notification protocols to ensure protection against similar AI‑related threats.

April 6, 2026By John O'ConnellArticle, NewsAI, Cybersecurity, WealthTechRead more...

John O’Connell Published in Advisor Perspectives by VettaFi: CTOs Must Govern Shadow AI or Face Security Risk

John O'Connell authored this article in Advisor Perspectives by VettaFi where he discusses the dangers of unregulated use of shadow AI that could already be affecting your firm. The real question is not whether shadow AI exists inside your walls. It is whether you will take control of it before regulators and cybercriminals do.

February 18, 2026By John O'ConnellArticle, NewsAI Governance, CybersecurityRead more...

Webinar: AI-Enhanced Phishing Attacks: Why Traditional Training Isn’t Enough & What Actually Works

In this insightful webinar, John O'Connell and Tim O'Connell delve into AI-enhanced phishing attacks, discussing how major financial institutions have recently fallen victim to sophisticated attacks. AI is making phishing attacks so convincing that even trained employees can't tell the difference between legitimate and malicious communications.

February 16, 2026By John O'ConnellWebinarAI, Cybersecurity, Practice ManagementRead more...

The CTO’s Impossible Choice: Govern Shadow AI or Watch Your Firm’s Data Walk Out the Door

While your compliance team debates whether to allow the latest LLMs, most of your advisors are already using it on their personal phones. They are entering client data, portfolio ideas, and internal research into systems your firm has never reviewed. How will you take control of it before regulators and cybercriminals do?

January 5, 2026By John O'ConnellPeaks PerspectiveAI Governance, CybersecurityRead more...

John O’Connell Published in Financial Planning Magazine: Don’t trust, verify: How to thwart AI-enhanced audio deepfakes

John O'Connell wrote this bylined article in Financial Planning Magazine, sharing how wealth management firms can protect against AI-enhanced audio deepfakes. In today's landscape, every unverified call is now an open channel for an audio deepfake and cybercrime.

November 12, 2025By John O'ConnellArticle, NewsAI, CybersecurityRead more...

John O’Connell Published in Advisor Perspectives by VettaFi: The Silent Threat on the Line: How Audio Deepfakes Endanger Wealth Management – and How to Build Real Resilience

John O'Connell wrote this bylined article published in Advisor Perspectives by VettaFi, sharing how wealth management firms can protect against AI-enhanced audio deepfakes. He discusses hypothetical and real-world scenarios and provides a Deepfake-Resilience Checklist.

November 12, 2025By John O'ConnellArticle, NewsAI, CybersecurityRead more...

The Silent Threat on the Line: How Audio Deepfakes Endanger Wealth Management – and How to Build Real Resilience

In our latest Peaks Perspective article, discover how audio deepfakes endanger wealth management firms, including what exactly is an audio deepfake, why wealth firms are prime targets, how to move from familiarity to verification, and more. Plus, access an in-depth deepfake-resilience checklist that serves as a practical framework to protect clients, staff, and the...

October 20, 2025By John O'ConnellPeaks PerspectiveAI, CybersecurityRead more...

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