Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
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Technology
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Hostile state actors will use artificial intelligence to carry out a major hack of Britain's critical infrastructure by 2028, the UK's cyber chief warns today.
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chief → use → 2028
Richard Horne said it is 'highly likely' countries such as Russia and China will increase their use of AI to carry out ransomware attacks and exploitation.
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countries → say → attacks
He said this means the UK needs to be braced for an attack on its critical national infrastructure, which covers everything from defence and energy supply to emergency services and the transport network.
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which → say → services
Mr Horne, head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), will today explain how organisations must take urgent action to address weaknesses or risk being exploited by hostile states.
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organisations → explain → states
In the annual State of the Cyber Nation report published today, Mr Horne said the UK's resilience to hacks is 'not where it should be'.
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it → publish → hacks
He said: 'The cyber threat has increased faster than our defensive capabilities, leaving too many organisations vulnerable to attacks that could – and should – be prevented.
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that → say → attacks
'AI brings this reality into sharper focus.
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AI → bring → focus
AI makes cyber attacks easier, faster and cheaper to execute, and at greater scale.'
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AI → make → scale
He said the country faces either choosing cyber security to 'become a source of national strength', or risk cyber attacks becoming 'more frequent, more severe and more costly' through inaction.
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attacks → say → inaction
Richard Horne, head of the National Cyber Security Centre, said the UK's resilience to hacks is 'not where it should be'
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it → say → hacks
The report highlights how cyber-security has failed to keep pace with technological advancements, with 'preventable weaknesses' such as unpatched software and poor password protection suggesting some organisations are not taking the threat seriously.
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organisations → highlight → threat
The warning comes amid a succession of major cyber hacks around the world, including the largest ever recorded involving cryptocurrency firm Binance, and of refrigeration systems across parts of Europe affecting food supply.
And last year, Jaguar Land Rover was crippled after hackers broke into its computer systems and hit vehicle production.
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hackers → come → production
The NCSC's report warns that 'by 2028, it is highly likely China, Russia, and other nation states will routinely use AI cyber to achieve their geopolitical goals with the UK facing an increase in scale and speed of sophisticated cyber attacks'.
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UK → warn → attacks
Experts say it is 'also highly likely that between now and 2028, AI-powered malware will have been used in a ransomware attack on UK CNI'.
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malware → say → CNI
The NCSC has called on organisations across the UK to face what Mr Horne is calling 'a moment of choice'.
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Horne → call → choice
In a speech marking the report's launch today, he will say: 'In the coming months, we face a real prospect of an unprecedented rise in the number of cyber incidents.
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we → mark → incidents
But we must be clear that is not because AI has invented new ways to attack us.
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AI → invent → us
But because vulnerabilities that have been tolerated for far too long can now be discovered and exploited at a scale that was once unimaginable.
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that → tolerate → scale
For decades, we have collectively got away with doing tech on the cheap.
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we → get → cheap
We can be a nation where leaders of all organisations actively choose to invest with urgency... And where all organisations make security and resilience a fundamental requirement, not an afterthought.
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security → choose → urgency
'The collective result would be a source of enduring national strength for us all.'
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result → endure → us
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