Potential AI-enabled cyberattacks on companies worldwide 2021

Published by
Bergur Thormundsson,
Mar 10, 2023
In 2021, around 68 percent of survey respondents stated that artificial intelligence (AI) can to be used for impersonation and spear-phishing attacks against their companies in the future. AI is can also be used to enhance ransomware, which could become a real danger to companies' IT security.

Potential scenarios of AI-enabled cyberattacks worldwide as of 2021

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Release date

April 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January 2021

Number of respondents

309 respondents

Special properties

business leaders

Supplementary notes

The source indicates that respondents were asked to choose all answers that apply.

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