Cyber chief: UK facing AI-powered attacks on critical infrastructure within two years
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The NCSC's State of the Cyber Nation report says the UK's critical infrastructure should expect a ransomware attack using AI-powered malware by 2028.
- Within two years, hostile actors are highly likely to use AI to attack at greater scale and speed.
- NCSC chief Richard Horne says the era of “tech on the cheap” at the expense of security is over.
- He urges organizations to invest in their technology now and treat Cyber Essentials as a starting point.
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The NCSC warns that ‘tech on the cheap’ has left UK organisations exposed to AI uncovering and exploiting longstanding cyber security weaknesses and calls for urgent investment in resilience.
The UK’s critical national infrastructure should be braced for a ransomware attack involving AI-powered malware by 2028, a new report published today [Tuesday 3 November] by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of the UK’s signals intelligence agency GCHQ says.
The NCSC's State of the Cyber Nation warns that within the next two years, AI adoption by hostile actors is “highly likely” to increase the scale and efficiency of their operations, including ransomware attacks, social engineering, and vulnerability exploitation.
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