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The EU analysed some 5,000 cyber incidents over a one-year period (Photo: Rahul Pandit)

Criminals using AI to industrialise cyberattacks in EU

Criminals are increasingly abusing large language models (LLMs) to produce mass-scale, automated cyberattack campaigns targeting European citizens and services.

Malicious agents are implementing AI systems to conduct phishing, denial-of-service (DDoS), or ransomware attacks, as the LLM handles tasks that once required specialised technical knowledge.

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