“AI doesn't fundamentally change cybersecurity. It changes the speed and scale”

Iranian hackers targeted U.S. water infrastructure, exploiting the decentralized nature of the system which creates many vulnerable small targets with limited cybersecurity resources. AI accelerates the speed and scale of such cyberattacks by automating the identification and exploitation of vulnerabilities, dramatically increasing the attack threat landscape.

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