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AI reshapes cyber warfare, raises questions on India readiness
Artificial intelligence is transforming cyber warfare, automating attack chains from vulnerability discovery to deepfake generation and polymorphic malware. AI adoption is faster than any previous technology: ChatGPT reached one billion users in…
Artificial intelligence is transforming cyber warfare, automating attack chains from vulnerability discovery to deepfake generation and polymorphic malware. AI adoption is faster than any previous technology: ChatGPT reached one billion users in three years versus the internet's 15, widening the strategic gap between AI-developing and AI-consuming nations.
In September 2025, Anthropic reported that a Chinese state-linked group, GTG-1002, used its Claude Code as an autonomous cyber agent in what it called the first AI-orchestrated cyber-espionage operation. Claude Mythos Preview has also identified thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities, including a 27-year-old flaw in OpenBSD, and developed exploits with minimal human input.
Traditional defences like signature-based antivirus and manual patching are increasingly ineffective against adaptive, AI-generated attacks. The strategic competition now hinges on which countries control frontier models, advanced chips and computing infrastructure.
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India's cybersecurity posture relies heavily on the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC), but neither has publicly acknowledged testing against AI-orchestrated attacks. The 2023 National Cyber Security Strategy draft mentioned AI only in passing. Meanwhile, state-backed groups have repeatedly targeted Indian energy grids and defence networks. India's own AI mission, launched in 2024 with Rs 10,372 crore, focuses on compute infrastructure and foundational models but has no explicit cybersecurity track. The next signal to watch is whether the upcoming Data Protection Board or the proposed Digital India Act mandates AI-specific security audits for critical infrastructure operators.
The real question is not if an AI-powered attack on Indian infrastructure will occur, but when. India has no reported autonomous cyber-agent incident yet, but its adversaries do.
Source: nationalheraldindia.com
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