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title: 'Gates warns of AI-powered cyberattacks within a year'
url: 'https://www.securteksecurity.com/news/gates-warns-of-ai-powered-cyberattacks-within-a-year'
markdown: 'https://www.securteksecurity.com/news/gates-warns-of-ai-powered-cyberattacks-within-a-year.md'
date: '2026-10-11'
description: "Bill Gates warned on CNN's State of the Union that criminals are getting frontier models without adequate safeguards, and extortion-driven attacks on financial systems are the most immediate risk. CrowdStrike's 2026 Global Threat Report backs the urgency: AI-enabled adversary attacks rose 89 percen…"
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  category:
    - Cybersecurity
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# [Gates warns of AI-powered cyberattacks within a year](https://www.securteksecurity.com/news/gates-warns-of-ai-powered-cyberattacks-within-a-year)

   11th Oct 2026  

Bill Gates warned on CNN's State of the Union that criminals are getting frontier models without adequate safeguards, and extortion-driven attacks on financial systems are the most immediate risk. CrowdStrike's 2026 Global Threat Report backs the urgency: AI-enabled adversary attacks rose 89 percent year over year in 2025, while average lateral-movement time fell to 29 minutes.

Sources: [foxnews.com](https://foxnews.com/media/bill-gates-sounds-alarm-ai-powered-cyberattacks-warns-negative-surprises-within-year)

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