UK cyber chief says the UK will face AI cyberattacks on critical infrastructure by 2028
The NCSC said AI will make ransomware and vulnerability exploitation easier, faster and cheaper, with malicious cyber activity costing UK organisations almost $20 billion a year.
- On Tuesday, the National Cyber Security Centre warned Britain faces AI-powered ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure by 2028, with chief executive Richard Horne noting China is "best positioned" to conduct such operations.
- Organizations have long "got away with doing tech on the cheap," Horne explained, leaving them vulnerable as AI now enables bad actors to exploit "preventable weaknesses" at an unimaginable scale.
- Malicious cyber activity costs Britain almost $20 billion annually, the NCSC reported, while security updates addressed flaws affecting 70% of websites globally and a 2025 attack on Jaguar Land Rover caused more than $260 million in losses.
- Anne Keast-Butler, director of GCHQ, urged every UK organization to take action immediately, stating "cybersecurity is now part of the front line defense of our nation."
- Russia and China will likely use AI to achieve geopolitical goals, as past incidents like the 2025 attack on Poland's energy grid demonstrated that 500,000 people could have lost electricity during winter.
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A report by the National Cyber Security Center warns that AI will facilitate cyberattacks from China or other countries. The post “The lights will go out, the shelves will be empty” – Britain expects AI cyberattacks within two years appeared first on in.gr.
Artificial intelligence is likely to be used in cyberattacks against UK critical infrastructure by 2028, including ransomware attacks on power stations, airports, hospitals and other systems that support essential services, according to an annual review by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The centre says it is highly likely that a ransomware attack against UK critical infrastructure using AI-powered malware will be carried out between …
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UK cyber chief says the UK will face AI cyberattacks on critical infrastructure by 2028
Britain’s cyber chief says the U.K. is likely to face artificial intelligence cyberattacks on its critical infrastructure by 2028.
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