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Type Incident

AI 'highly likely' to be used in attack on Britain's infrastructure

1 source

At a glance

Medium
7-day window, from the last update
Evidence-weighted, not popularity
Why Medium

Medium rather than High: exposure is scored at a default because we cannot see your systems or suppliers. If it touches your systems or suppliers, treat it as High.

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Questions to ask IT

  • Does this reporting name any supplier, product or service we rely on?
  • Would our monitoring spot an attack like this, and who would we call if it did?

Next steps

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Summary

  • The National Cybersecurity Centre (UK cyber authority) has warned that artificial intelligence is 'highly likely' to be used in attacks on Britain's critical national infrastructure by 2028.

Read the original reportSky News Technology(opens in a new tab)

11 reports

Part of AI-powered cyberattacks on UK infrastructure

All 11 reports in this story

Pulse

Last checked 2d ago · Recheck overdue since 7 Nov 2026, 20:37 UK time

  1. Story3 Nov 2026, 01:35 UK time · 6d ago

    Linked reporting from Sky News Technology (independent original reporter).

    Read source (Sky News Technology)

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Sources

How we know

Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.

  • ClaimedHeadline60% confidence

    AI 'highly likely' to be used in attack on Britain's infrastructure

  • ProbableSummary fact75% confidence

    Artificial intelligence is helping to industrialise cyber attacks and is highly likely to be used in attacks on Britain's critical national infrastructure by 2028, the National Cybersecurity Centre (UK cyber authority) has warned.