BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  AI, deepfakes security nightmares
De:       Mike Powell
Data:     Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:26:44 -0500
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AI and deepfakes are proving to be a security nightmare for businesses
everywhere

By Sead Fadilpa?i? published 16 hours ago

Misconfigured AI can quickly turn into a malicious insider, experts warn

    Thales 2026 Data Threat Report says 61% see AI as top data security risk
    Enterprises grant AI broad access, creating insider-like risks
    48% report reputational damage from AI-driven misinformation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deepfakes are proving to be a security
nightmare for businesses everywhere, with new research claiming almost
two-thirds (61%) of firms see AI as their top data security risk.

The Thales 2026 Data Threat Report noted that at the heart of this problem is
the challenge of access control and management.

Enterprises are increasingly adding AI into workflows, analytics, customer
service, and development pipelines. To make it work, they need to grant these
tools broad, automated access, turning AI tools into a trusted insider. The
issue is that the controls put in place for employees are almost always
stricter than those for AI.

Threats from the inside and outside

Besides being a latent malicious insider, AI can also be a potent malicious
outsider. Threat actors are quickly adopting the new tool and today more than
half (almost 60% actually) of companies reported experiencing deepfake-driven
attacks. In these attacks, crooks use AI-generated fake audio, video, or
images, to convincingly impersonate a real person and thus manipulate their
victims.

In a corporate setting, that could be using voice cloning to trick employees,
creating AI-generated video to authorize payments, or fabricating public
statements to manipulate stock price, or damage trust. In fact, Thales' paper
found 48% reporting reputational damage tied to AI-generated misinformation.

Today, some businesses are aware of AI threats, but the majority is not doing
much about it. More than half (53%) still depend on traditional security
programs built primarily for human users, while less than a third (30%) started
dedicating specific budgets to AI security.

"Insider risk is no longer just about people. It is also about automated
systems that have been trusted too quickly," says Sebastien Cano, Senior Vice
President, Cybersecurity Products at Thales. "When identity governance,
access policies, or encryption are weak, AI can amplify those weaknesses across
corporate environments far faster than any human ever could."


https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/ai-and-deepfakes-are-proving-to-be-a-sec
urity-nightmare-for-businesses-everywhere

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