UK faces AI-boosted attacks on critical infrastructure in two years, cyber chief warns

The NCSC, part of GCHQ, says Britain is facing threats from AI agents (Picture: PA)

Britain is facing a moment of ‘enormous consequence’ for national cyber security as threats from AI agents and hostile nations rise.

The chief executive officer of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will warn today that the UK needs to get a grip on the matter before finding itself in a worse situation down the line.

The NCSC’s annual report suggests Britain could face AI-boosted attacks on critical national infrastructure within the next two years.

Hackers demanding ransom payments are ‘highly likely’ to weaponise AI in the UK, it added, and hostile states including Russia and China will also use the tech to pursue their ‘goals’ and meddle abroad.

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