China Internet Finance Association: Heightened vigilance against financial fraud activities under the guise of "shrimp farming investment" and similar names

On March 15, the China Internet Finance Association issued a risk warning regarding the application security of OpenClaw in the internet finance industry, pointing out that the open-source AI intelligent entity OpenClaw ("Lobster") poses four risks in the financial sector: financial loss, transaction liability, data compliance, and new types of fraud.

In response to the above risks, the China Internet Finance Association recommends that financial consumers exercise extreme caution when installing OpenClaw on terminals for personal financial services such as online banking, securities trading, and payments. If installation is deemed necessary, it is advised not to grant operational permissions to financial service systems, to promptly follow up on OpenClaw vulnerability fixes, to strictly control the installation of functional plugins, and to avoid entering sensitive information such as ID numbers, bank card numbers, and payment passwords when not in use. Additionally, such applications continuously call large model interfaces during operation, which may incur high Token costs, and users are advised to monitor this closely