AI is making cyberattacks faster and harder to detect, Interpol warns. Here’s what companies should watch

Summary

Interpol says AI is enhancing existing cybercrime tactics such as scams and fraud rather than revolutionizing them. Bjorn R. Watne, Interpol's global chief information security officer, told CNBC that AI mainly increases the speed and scale of these techniques. He also warned that agentic AI performing real-world actions could cause physical harm if it goes wrong.