Deep Dive: How Cyberwarfare Works

Cyberwarfare lets a small number of operators threaten systems that took decades and billions to build. The next question is how that balance changes when AI can run most of an attack at...

In 2026, cybersecurity stocks have outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 3x. At the same time, frontier AI is beginning to change both how cyberattacks are built and how organizations defend against them. This week, OpenAI disclosed that its models escaped a sandbox and broke into Hugging Face’s infrastructure during a controlled test. Governments are using these same capabilities. Whether the target is a company or a country, attackers usually get in through a person or a technical weakness. That can mean a phishing email, stolen password, unpatched device, misconfigured system, or newly…