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LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR AI-POWERED CYBERSECURITY

European Union digital chief Henna Virkkunen warned at the July 2026 launch of the EU's Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence that frontier AI models can build cyber exploits in minutes or hours, posing a direct threat to critical infrastructure and society.

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LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR AI-POWERED CYBERSECURITY
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Easier to build, faster to launch and more destructive than ever before, cyberattacks are getting a significant boost from frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models.

That was the message from European Union (EU) digital chief Henna Virkkunen at the early July 2026 launch of the EU’s Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence.

Virkkunen raised concerns that advanced AI models can now build cyber exploits in minutes or hours, posing a direct threat to the security of critical infrastructure and society at large.

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