Breathe
By Ana Cecilia Pérez
While social media was filled with images from Davos with global leaders in fancy coats and champagne glasses, something more important was happening behind the scenes: cybersecurity became one of the hottest topics at the World Economic Forum. And while we may not see it in the headlines, it affects us all.
If you think hackers only exist in movies, think again. In Davos, it was warned that cyber attacks have grown by 70% in the last year and are becoming increasingly sophisticated thanks to artificial intelligence. From the theft of personal data to attacks on hospitals and power grids, cybersecurity is no longer a geek issue but a global security problem.
One of the key points in Davos was how artificial intelligence is changing the rules of the game. On the one hand, it is helping to detect fraud, predict attacks and protect systems in real time. But on the other hand, it is also being used by cybercriminals to launch more precise and harder-to-detect attacks. What used to take months of planning can now be done in minutes.
