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150+ Cyber Firms Warn AI Accelerates Cyberattacks, Push Security Upgrades

By Drooid · Sep 14, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC · How we work

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A coalition of over 150 cybersecurity firms warned that AI is accelerating cyberattacks.
Members include Anthropic, OpenAI, KPMG, Visa, Oracle, Microsoft and Palo Alto.
They urged governments and businesses to raise security standards and coordinate defensive technology.
KPMG Israel cybersecurity head Omer Or said AI can generate zero-day flaws about 100 times faster than researchers.
Ariel Litmanovich said AI mainly speeds exploitation of existing misconfigurations, excessive permissions and weak authentication.

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A coalition of over 150 cybersecurity firms warned that AI is accelerating cyberattacks.
Members include Anthropic, OpenAI, KPMG, Visa, Oracle, Microsoft and Palo Alto.
They urged governments and businesses to raise security standards and coordinate defensive technology.
KPMG Israel cybersecurity head Omer Or said AI can generate zero-day flaws about 100 times faster than researchers.
Ariel Litmanovich said AI mainly speeds exploitation of existing misconfigurations, excessive permissions and weak authentication.