Lithuania Launches €24.1 Million AI Cybersecurity Mission as Criminals Deploy GPT-4 and Deepfakes for Sophisticated Attacks
Summary
Lithuania launches €24.1 million AI cybersecurity mission led by Kaunas University of Technology to combat criminals using GPT-4, voice cloning, and deepfakes for sophisticated phishing attacks, while the nation's AI-integrated threat monitoring already reduced ransomware incidents fivefold in 2024.
Key Points
- Lithuania launches a €24.1 million national cybersecurity mission coordinated by Kaunas University of Technology to combat AI-driven cyber fraud and strengthen digital resilience
- Criminals now use generative AI tools like GPT-4, voice cloning technology, and deepfake systems to create highly realistic phishing attacks that bypass traditional security filters
- Lithuania's National Cyber Security Centre integrates AI into threat monitoring, reducing ransomware incidents by fivefold between 2023 and 2024 while ranking 25th globally in government readiness indices