{"slug": "ai-powered-malware-highly-likely-to-be-used-to-hack-uk-infrastructure-by-2028", "title": "AI-powered malware ‘highly likely’ to be used to hack UK infrastructure by 2028", "summary": "The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has assessed that AI-powered malicious software is \"highly likely\" to be used in hacking attacks against the UK's critical national infrastructure — including power stations, airports and hospitals — by 2028, and that AI will probably enable a ransomware attack on such infrastructure between now and 2028. The UK definition of critical national infrastructure covers facilities and services across energy, transport, defence, food, health and finance.", "body_md": "# AI-powered malware ‘highly likely’ to be used to hack UK infrastructure by 2028\n\nBy Dan Milmo Global technology editorSource: \n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)\nNational Cyber Security Centre expects attacks on critical facilities such as power stations, airports and hospitals\n\nAI-powered malicious software is “highly likely” to be used in hacking attacks against the UK’s power stations, airports and hospitals by 2028, according to the state cybersecurity body.\n\nThe National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said AI will probably enable a ransomware attack against critical national infrastructure [CNI] between now and 2028. The UK’s definition of CNI covers a range of facilities and services across sectors including energy, transport, defence, food, health and finance.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/03/ai-powered-malware-artificial-intelligence-hacking-critical-uk-infrastructure)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-powered-malware-highly-likely-to-be-used-to-hack-uk-infrastructure-by-2028", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-powered-malware-highly-likely-to-be-used-to-hack-uk-infra-uu58", "published_at": "2026-11-03 00:01:32+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-03 00:50:58.731353+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["National Cyber Security Centre", "UK", "The Guardian", "Dan Milmo"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-powered-malware-highly-likely-to-be-used-to-hack-uk-infrastructure-by-2028", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-powered-malware-highly-likely-to-be-used-to-hack-uk-infrastructure-by-2028.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-powered-malware-highly-likely-to-be-used-to-hack-uk-infrastructure-by-2028.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-powered-malware-highly-likely-to-be-used-to-hack-uk-infrastructure-by-2028.jsonld"}}