Head of National Cyber Directorate: Iran Developing Cyberattack Capabilities Using Artificial Intelligence

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Head of the National Cyber Directorate, Yossi Karadi, said at the Cyber Week conference at Tel Aviv University that Iran is working to develop cyberattack capabilities using artificial intelligence. According to him, while the world works to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, Tehran is also developing another offensive capability that could harm the world.

Karadi said that until artificial intelligence capabilities are integrated into the national defense apparatus, attackers have an advantage: they can choose one target and one time to attack, while the defense apparatus must protect many organizations at once, around the clock. According to him, when the pace of attacks exceeds the pace of recovery, even isolated attacks could overwhelm an entire country.

Karadi warned of a new war of attrition in cyberspace, in which a series of attacks could cause systemic erosion. In his speech, he said that in the age of artificial intelligence, the race is not only about who attacks and who defends better, but about who acts faster.