National CERT Warns of AI-Powered Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure

Pakistan's National Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) has issued an advisory warning banks, financial institutions, and essential service operators about the increasing threat of AI-powered cyberattacks. The agency highlighted that automated tools can accelerate the discovery of system weaknesses, credential theft, and coordinated attacks, posing risks to core banking platforms, digital payments, and critical infrastructure like oil and gas sites, power networks, and water utilities.