GMO CEO says internet 'on verge of collapse' as AI tool ARTEX fueled attacks on ~20 Japanese firms
cyb3rops · x · 2026-10-26
GMO Internet Group CEO Masatoshi Kumagai publicly warned that 'the internet itself is on the verge of collapse' after a massive cyberattack, urging Japanese government intervention.
Key points:
- GMO's security arm confirmed the source of unauthorized-access attacks on 20 Japanese companies was misuse of "ARTEX," an autonomous AI penetration-testing tool originally built for defense.
- Open-weight AI models can be combined into countless attack tools, turning once expert-only cyberattacks into something anyone can execute.
- Attacker costs have dropped dramatically, with threats escalating at an unprecedented pace in just over a year — what GMO calls an "AI cyber saturation attack" overwhelming defenders.
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