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Five Eyes cyber agency heads tell leaders AI is shifting cyber risk on a timescale of months

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The heads of the Five Eyes cyber agencies issued a joint statement that AI is rapidly transforming cyber risk and that organizations must act within months, not years. They ask leaders to reduce attack surface, accelerate patching as exploitation windows shorten, replace unsupported legacy systems, strengthen identity controls, and prepare for incidents.

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It is the highest-level joint government signal that frontier AI vulnerability discovery changes patching expectations.

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  • Five recommended actions: reduce attack surface, accelerate patching, address legacy systems, strengthen identity controls, prepare for incidents.Key actions for leaders

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