NCSC warns of AI-powered ransomware on UK critical infrastructure by 2028
Original title: Cyber chief: UK facing AI-powered attacks on critical infrastructure within two years
AI adoption by hostile actors is highly likely to boost ransomware scale and efficiency by 2028, NCSC report warns.
The National Cyber Security Centre warns that AI-powered malware is highly likely to be used in ransomware attacks on Britain’s critical national infrastructure by 2028. The State of the Cyber Nation report calls on organisations to make significant changes to cyber security as AI will increase the scale and efficiency of attacks including ransomware and social engineering. NCSC CEO Dr Richard Horne urges urgent investment in resilience and to address underinvestment in technology.
- AI adoption by hostile actors highly likely to increase ransomware operations by 2028
- Organisations must make significant changes to avert future AI-powered threats
- Cyber Essentials should be the starting point for security, not the end goal
- Government investing £60m in national Cyber Shield and NERV Centre
- Report highlights point of enormous consequence for UK cyber security
Impact: AI-powered malware in ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure
- 1.Make significant changes to cyber security
- 2.Invest urgently in technology and resilience
- 3.Implement Cyber Essentials as starting point
- Vendors
- NCSC
- Products
- State of the Cyber Nation report
- Organizations
- GCHQ
- Countries
- UK
From the original article
3 min read at ncsc.gov.uk
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.
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