CR-K31
Emerging
AI lowers the barrier to sophisticated, largely autonomous cyberattacks.
- Claim made
- Who
- Anthropic
- Target date
- —
- Status checked
- 28 September 2026
Source
Anthropic [F]
Evidence to date
First documented large-scale AI-executed campaign (~30 targets; AI did 80–90% of the work). Agents solved 93% of cyber tasks, up from 15% in 2024 (AI Index 2026 takeaways). Criminal and state-linked use documented (IASR 2026).
Next indicator
Company and agency threat reports