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Brandon Tirado

director of threat research, ReliaQuest

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“That growth has all happened because, in my eyes, this acceleration that AI has provided to these threat actors, essentially allowing for them to go out and start their own groups”
Beware the New AI-Fueled Ransomware BoomWIRED, November 14, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Tirado explaining the surge of new ransomware groups claiming attacks.

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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.