alt Hacker NewsTwo possibilities:
1. Fear that a major vulnerability is found in a commonly used software package that puts multiple major banks and e-commerce sites at risk
2. Fear that major vulnerabilities are found in multiple, widely used software packages that lead to market downturn as IT company stocks crash.
Probably others as well. Sounds more like a brief on worst-case scenarios that may happen and how they would effect the US banking sector. This is an important mid-year election this year too, so any big economic shock would be bad for the GOP.
That, or, not completely unlikely, he was shown all the vulnerabilities across all old software that banking, finance et al use daily and are unlikely to ever update. I am only half joking. There is a reason I think some people should stick to their areas of expertise.