Russia plotting to use AI to enhance cyber-attacks against UK, minister will warn

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Pat McFadden will tell a Nato conference on Monday that Russia could knock out the UK’s electricity gridRussia and other adversaries of the UK are trying to use artificial intelligence to enhance cyber-attacks against the nation’s infrastructure, the cabinet minister Pat McFadden will warn at a Nato conference in London on Monday.

The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster will announce the creation of a research programme in London, called the Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR), to keep on top of emerging threats as he warns there is a risk that Russia will try to knock out the electricity grid.Continue reading...

Two regional power outages in December 2015 and 2016 were blamed on Russian hackers from the GRU military intelligence, according to a US indictment, though the impact of each was brief.