The British government is highly concerned about the threat of enhancing cyber attacks from Russia and other countries using artificial intelligence. Such attacks may be aimed at key British infrastructure, causing serious consequences, such as large -scale power outages. To cope with this challenge, Britain will invest 8.2 million pounds to establish an artificial intelligence security research laboratory (LASR) in London to cooperate with government communication headquarters (GCHQ) and other institutions to develop technology and strategies for defense with high -end network attacks.
Duke of Langcaster, the Duke of Langcast, will issue a warning at a NATO meeting on Monday: Russia and other countries who are hostile to the UK are trying to use artificial intelligence to enhance the network attack capabilities to British infrastructure.
In response to this emerging threat, the British government will invest 8.2 million pounds, and the United Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and other institutions will set up an artificial intelligence security research laboratory (LASR) in London. The laboratory will focus on how to prevent high -end network attacks that may target key infrastructure such as power grids.
Machaide pointed out that Britain is actually in a "daily online war", which is particularly prominent in Russia. In the past year, the Russian hacker organization has significantly increased its attack on Britain, and at the same time, it also targets other NATO allies that support Ukraine.
Last week, Russian President Putin even threatened many countries including the United Kingdom, saying that Russia had "the right to" use the "shadow of storms" missiles to use the "Storm Shadow" missiles to strike the target of Russia to take JS revenge. Although experts believe that Russia is unlikely to launch a conventional JS blow to NATO member states, the use of AI enhanced network attacks still constitute a realistic threat.
According to Machaide, Russia has targeted the target of British media, telecommunications, political democratic agencies and energy infrastructure. Through network attacks, Russia can theoretically cut off millions of people's power supply and turn off the power grid system. This threat is not groundless. Russian hackers have successfully invaded the Ukraine regional grid in 2015 and 2016, causing short -term power outages.
What is even more worrying is that according to American intelligence, North Korea has begun to apply artificial intelligence to more destructive hackers. Macfaton believes that North Korea is just the first country to do so, and more countries may follow in the future.
To this end, the newly established LASR laboratory will cooperate with the private sector to jointly respond to these new network security threats. This measure reflects the British government's high attention to the threat of AI -driven cyber attacks, as well as forward -looking layouts in key infrastructure protection.
The British government set up an artificial intelligence security research laboratory and increased its investment to show its determination and vision in dealing with AI -driven network attacks. This is not only the efforts of the UK, but also a challenge facing the international community. Global cooperation is required to effectively respond to the increasingly complex network security threat.