When hackers are no longer human

The next great hacker may not be human. For decades, cybersecurity has depended on researchers who must think like the people attacking computer systems to successfully defend them. Now, a growing number of those “attackers” aren’t people at all. They’re artificial intelligence, or AI, agents. Capable of discovering software security vulnerabilities and generating harmful exploits, these agents don’t need to eat, sleep or log off for a break. They can work endlessly, targeting power grids, inter