CrowdStrike reports 89% surge in AI-driven cyberattacks as breakout times collapse to 29 minutes
CrowdStrike's 2026 Global Threat Report documents an 89% year-over-year increase in AI-enabled adversary operations, with average breakout time plummeting to just 29 minutes. Nation-state actors from Russia, China, and North Korea are deploying LLM-enabled malware and targeting enterprise AI systems directly, marking a fundamental shift in the cyber threat landscape.