{"id":238144,"date":"2026-06-27T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/in-the-news-manjeet-rege-on-ai-and-cybersecurity-threats-newsroom\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T13:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T17:51:00","slug":"in-the-news-manjeet-rege-on-ai-and-cybersecurity-threats-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/in-the-news-manjeet-rege-on-ai-and-cybersecurity-threats-newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: Manjeet Rege on AI and Cybersecurity Threats – Newsroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the News: Manjeet Rege on AI and Cybersecurity Threats – Newsroom<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-27 13:51:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Manjeet Rege, director of the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence at the University of St. Thomas, recently spoke with WCCO Radio about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the global cybersecurity landscape. Rege said AI is accelerating cyberthreats by giving bad actors the ability to carry out attacks faster and at a much larger scale.<\/p>\n

From the conversation:\u201cI\u2019m concerned, but in a specific way. I\u2019m not worried that the machines are about to take over. What I\u2019m focused on is the speed and scale that AI gives to people who already want to do harm. A cyberattack that used to take a skilled team weeks can now happen in hours,\u201d Rege said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCyberattacks are decades old. So, you know, that part is not new at all. What is new is who can carry them out and how fast,\u201d Rege said.<\/p>\n

Rege also explained that AI is being used on both sides of cybersecurity, helping organizations defend their networks while also giving attackers new tools.<\/p>\n

\u201cAI can be used for defending. So you now have AI agents defending a network. But at the same time, AI in the wrong hands, you can have AI agents also attacking a network,\u201d Rege said.<\/p>\n

He said small and medium-sized businesses may face heightened risk because they often have fewer resources to protect themselves from cyberthreats.<\/p>\n

\u201cSmall and medium-sized businesses are often more vulnerable than large corporations because they just have fewer cybersecurity resources. And cybersecurity is one of those things where until you\u2019re attacked, you just don\u2019t know whether you are doing enough,\u201d Rege said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAttackers don\u2019t necessarily target the biggest company. They target the easiest company. And AI may allow criminals to identify and exploit those easy targets much more efficiently now,\u201d Rege said.<\/p>\n

Rege urged individuals and organizations to focus on basic cybersecurity practices, including using unique passwords, enabling multifactor authentication, keeping devices updated and verifying requests for money or sensitive information.<\/p>\n

\u201cAI-generated phishing messages are becoming more convincing. So people need to rely less on, \u2018This looks suspicious,\u2019 and more on verification,\u201d Rege said.<\/p>\n

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