Source: The Verge
Critical infrastructure operators—hospitals, banks, nonprofits—face a problem: AI tools lower the technical floor for attackers while automating reconnaissance and credential stuffing at scale. Organizations are already being breached faster than legacy security teams can respond. This exposes the cost of underfunded cybersecurity in sectors where human lives and financial stability are at stake. Boards and regulators must decide: either security budgets scale or systematic compromise becomes routine.