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UK cyber chief warns of infrastructure attack risk within two years

The NCSC CEO says hostile AI-driven hacking could cripple food supply and power grid by 2028.

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What to know

  • The UK's cyber security chief warned of a real prospect that a major attack on critical infrastructure could cripple food supplies and the electricity grid within two years.
  • The NCSC report identifies Russia, China, and Iran as actively deploying AI to amplify cyber attacks, with hostile actors' capabilities likely to increase significantly by 2028.
  • Horne argued the risk stems from long-tolerated vulnerabilities that AI can now discover and exploit at scale, not from new attack methods, and called for urgent security investment.
  • The government responded by pledging to deploy AI defensively and announced new infrastructure including a National Cyber Shield and AI Cyber Security Centre of Excellence.

“For decades, we have collectively got away with doing tech on the cheap.”

Dr Richard Horne, CEO, National Cyber Security Centre · The Sun ↗ · Nov 2

Dr Richard HorneDr Richard Horne CEO, National Cyber Security CentreDan JarvisDan Jarvis UK Security Minister

UK cyber chief warns of infrastructure attack risk within two years
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  1. background

    Security minister pledges AI-powered cyber defense investment — Security Minister Dan Jarvis responded to the NCSC warnings by saying the centre plays an increasingly important role defending against growing sophisticated cyber threats. He announced use of AI to counter threats and referenced a new National Cyber Shield and AI Cyber Security Centre of Excellence.

  2. background

    NCSC report identifies AI-enabled threats from Russia, China, Iran — The NCSC's annual report warns that Russia, China, and Iran will routinely use artificial intelligence to achieve political goals, with hostile actors' adoption of AI highly likely to increase attack scale and efficiency by 2028. Horne attributed this not to new attack methods but to AI's ability to discover and exploit long-tolerated vulnerabilities at unprecedented scale.

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    “When food isn't on shelves, lights aren't on, businesses have gone under…”
    — Dr Richard Horne
    1. 1 outlet Cyber attack 'could wipe out UK's food supply & energy in 2yrs', warns spy boss

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