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AI-powered malware highly likely to be used in ransomware attack on Britain’s critical national infrastructure by 2028, Head of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre to warn, as a society, the era of “tech on the cheap” at expense of 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. The UK’s critical national infrastructure should be braced for a ransomware attack involving AI-powered malware by 2028, a new report published today [Tuesday 3 November] by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of the UK’s signals intelligence agency GCHQ says. The NCSC's State of the Cyber Nation warns that within the next two years, AI adoption by hostile actors is “highly likely” to increase the scale and efficiency of their operations, including ransomware attacks, social engineering, and vulnerability In a speech to launch the report, the CEO of the NCSC, Dr Richard Horne, is set to say that the AI revolution must force UK organisations to reckon with the current state of their cyber security, as new technologies will expose vulnerabilities, failings and underinvestment at an unprecedented speed and scale in the years ahead.