AI Smashes Cyberattack Barriers, Reshaping Threats: Anirban Mukherji Warns

• Cybersecurity expert Anirban Mukherji warns AI has removed the entry barrier for cyberattacks, making them faster, cheaper, and hyper-personalized.
• The primary threat is silent data manipulation (bank balance, medical records) that erodes trust, rather than visible "cyber-Armageddon."
• India's rapid AI adoption without safety nets creates "security debt"; digital identity is now the main attack surface for users.
• Affordable cybersecurity requires "secure by design" infrastructure-level protection, not just individual antivirus, with manufacturers mandated to build in security.
• Organisations overlook "Shadow AI" and adopt AI faster than their security maturity, making BFSI and healthcare highly vulnerable; sovereign AI is crucial for national defense.