AI has made cyber attacks easier, puts human minds at risk - Inuwa warns

The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Kashifu Abdullahi Inuwa, has warned that artificial intelligence, AI, is making cyber attacks much sophisticated, expanding the hazard of online fraud, societal engineering, deepfakes and disinformation.

Addressing ICT journalists successful Abuja, Inuwa said cybersecurity successful the property of AI differs importantly from attacks carried retired earlier the exertion became wide available, noting that AI tin fortify some cyber attacks and defence mechanisms.

“That means you tin usage AI to onslaught oregon to defend. Attacking with AI is much palmy than attacking earlier AI. Likewise, defending,” helium said.

The NITDA main explained that the increasing usage of AI agents to automate organisational workflows could exposure institutions to superior risks if hackers summation power of the systems.

“Imagine idiosyncratic hijacking your AI agent. It's similar idiosyncratic taking implicit power of your staff. It volition marque onslaught precise casual for anyone taking implicit your AI data,” helium said.

He added that though AI could marque cyber attacks easier, it could besides impr...