AI just supercharged cybercrime. Australia is sounding the alarm

Key points

• Australia's cyber security agency says artificial intelligence poses an unprecedented threat, with foreign governments and criminals using it to hack computer networks and critical infrastructure. The Australian Signals Directorate's annual cyber threat report, released on Tuesday, said AI has become the defining force in the threat landscape over the past year.
• The agency issued more than 4,400 warnings about potentially malicious activity, an 80 per cent increase on the previous 12 months.
• Defence Minister Richard Marles urged Australians to update their computers and harden their systems.