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Dark Side Os AI - CrowdStrike Flags 89% Surge In AI-Driven Attacks - CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD)

AI-driven cyberattacks rose 89% year-over-year as attackers reduced network breakout time to just 29 minutes on average, challenging defenders to respond faster.

  • On Tuesday, CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. released its 2026 Global Threat Report, finding an 89% rise in AI-enabled operations based on intelligence from more than 280 named adversaries.
  • Built on technical analysis, the report shows cybercriminals and nation-state actors use artificial intelligence to automate reconnaissance, generate malicious scripts, and inject prompts into generative AI tools to steal credentials.
  • In 2025, the report shows the average breakout time for financially motivated cybercriminals fell to 29 minutes, with the fastest observed lateral spread at 27 seconds and sensitive data exfiltration within minutes.
  • Defenders face shrinking detection windows as security teams must operate faster to identify suspicious behaviour before attackers escalate privileges or deploy ransomware.
  • Analysts warn that AI systems are now targets, urging constant monitoring and automated detection as CrowdStrike stock edged to $351.86 after tumbling 9.85% on Monday and down 22.76% year-to-date.
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CrowdStrike publishes its Global Threat Report 2026, which reveals that AI accelerates opponents and expands the attack surface of companies. The average intrusion time of an eCrime (breakout time) attack fell to just 29 minutes in 2025, the fastest observed case occurred in just 27 seconds. Opponents also actively exploit AI systems themselves, injecting malicious prompts into GenAI tools in more than 90 organizations and abusing AI development…

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CSO Online broke the news in on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
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