Cyber chief: UK facing AI-powered attacks on critical infrastructure within two years

Posted: 10th Nov 2026

The NCSC warns that ‘tech on the cheap’ has left UK organisations exposed to AI uncovering and exploiting longstanding cyber security weaknesses and calls for urgent investment in resilience.

AI-powered malware highly likely to be used in ransomware attack on Britain’s critical national infrastructure by 2028, new report warns.
Head of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre to warn, as a society, the era of “tech on the cheap” at expense of security is over.
New State of the Cyber Nation report calls on organisations to make “significant changes” to avert future where AI is used against UK economy and society.

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