Australia's cyber agency warns of AI-enabled attackers, says key online services will go down unexpectedly
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-27
Australia's Signals Directorate (ASD) annual cyber threat report warns citizens to prepare for unexpected outages of basic and critical online services. Director General Abigail Bradshaw says hostile foreign governments, criminals and hackers are using AI to gather intelligence, disrupt critical infrastructure and steal money, urging defenders to "fight fire with fire" by deploying cutting-edge AI models and prioritizing system security over availability.
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