CrowdStrike’s 2026 Financial Services Threat Landscape Report documents a convergence of nation-state theft, organized cybercrime, and AI-accelerated attacks against global financial institutions at a scale and speed that legacy defenses cannot match. DPRK-affiliated actors stole approximately $2 billion in digital assets during the reporting period, eCrime targeting financial firms surged 27%, and hands-on-keyboard intrusions, where human adversaries operate interactively inside victim environments, increased 43% globally and 48% in North America over two years. The report signals that financial sector adversaries have matured from opportunistic, tool-driven campaigns to persistent, human-directed operations that exploit trust relationships, AI-generated lures, and supply chain access vectors simultaneously.