Two-Thirds of Ransomware Victims Say AI Boosted Attack Effectiveness

The report explains that AI tooling has materially increased the effectiveness of ransomware attack chains by enabling highly convincing phishing emails, impersonation attacks, and credential theft; survey data show many incidents began with human interaction (47% malicious links, 46% attachments, 36% credential harvesting) and a significant fraction bypassed existing email and enterprise controls, so organizations should prioritize stopping attacks at the entry point and protecting identities.