23 October 2026
Australian agency urges AI-based cyber defences as AI-enabled attacks rise
First reported
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- The Australian Signals Directorate, the country's signals intelligence agency, says hostile governments and criminals are using AI to attack networks and steal money.
- Its annual report counted 1,500 cybersecurity incidents in 2025-26, up 20% on the previous year.
- It also sent warnings about more than 4,400 potential malicious incidents to outside organisations, up 80% in a year.
Our read
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Earlier on this story
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How it was covered
TransformerShakeel Hashim
PHP and Node.js vulnerabilities, leaked details and emergency patching, OpenAI's disclosure programmes, and open-weight Chinese models for attackers
Reported by The Guardian, NPR