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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

REVEALED: Bt identifying 2 000 signals a second indicating possible cyber attacks | Rare Historical Photos

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There has been an increase of more than 1,200% in malicious scanning bots in the past year, BT says. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

BT identifies 2,000 signals indicating a potential cyber-attack across its networks every second, it has revealed, amid an “AI arms” race between businesses bolstering their defences and increasingly sophisticated hackers.

The telecoms company – which owns the mobile operator EE and Openreach, which has the biggest broadband network in the UK and international business operations – said hackers were attempting to weaponise AI for cybercrime.

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