Allan Liska

ransomware researcher and threat intelligence analyst, Recorded Future

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“We are seeing AI relied on more heavily in certain aspects of the ransomware attack chain, such as creating better phishing emails and in the negotiation process, but the ‘successful’ ransomware groups are still largely human operated”
Beware the New AI-Fueled Ransomware BoomWIRED, November 14, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Liska on how criminal groups use AI today, before warning that this could change quickly.

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  1. NewsWIREDSpeaks

    Beware the New AI-Fueled Ransomware Boom

    In its Kernel Panic newsletter, WIRED reports that claimed ransomware attacks have risen in recent months and that researchers it spoke to link part of the rise to AI helping inexperienced actors start their own groups. Fully AI-run attacks have not appeared yet.