What does the NCSC say is the most likely role of AI in cyberattacks?
The assessment says AI is likely to accelerate and scale existing tactics, such as reconnaissance, social engineering, vulnerability discovery and exploit development, rather than create entirely new attack goals or autonomously perform every step.
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The UK's 2028 AI Cyber Warning Is a Planning Scenario, Not a PredictionThe NCSC says AI may scale cyber operations; its 2028 scenarios are plausible futures, not predictions of autonomous attacks.
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