UK cyber agency says AI-driven attacks on key services are likely by 2028
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Old, underfunded systems are now the main target: NCSC says AI will find and exploit them faster, so security spending can't wait.
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The UK's National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, says in its State of the Cyber Nation report that a ransomware attack using AI-powered malware on UK critical infrastructure is highly likely by 2028. It says hostile actors will use AI to scale up ransomware, social engineering and the exploitation of known weaknesses within two years.
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