AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - The Big One: The cyberattack scenarios that keep officials up at night
As artificial intelligence accelerates, so does the prospect of a cyberattack powerful enough to shut down hospitals, black-out cities and disrupt core government systems. Why it matters: Just by scaling and accelerating the cyberwarfare tools adversaries already have, AI can turn manageable intrusions into large-scale crises. - Axios asked seven former senior cybersecurity officials and leading security experts what a major AI-enabled cyberattack would look like and what worries them the most about current advancements in generative AI. The big picture: Several of the experts pointed to the vulnerability of utilities , particularly water and electricity. - Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta worries AI tools will speed up the ability…