AI Cyber Pressure Is on the Rise

Good morning. Corporate cybersecurity defenses are under growing pressure to keep up with ever-more powerful AI.

In the latest sign of AI’s cyber potential, hackers used a Chinese artificial-intelligence agent to attack South Korea’s biggest banks and steal the personal information of 68,000 people, The Wall Street Journal reports. It marks one of the first such AI-powered intrusions into the global financial system, according to the Journal:

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