Five Eyes agencies issue rare joint warning on immediate AI cyber-risk, saying timeline is 'months, not years'

On 23 June, leaders of the Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies issued a rare joint public statement warning that AI-driven cyber-attacks pose an immediate and escalating threat, with the timeline measured in "months, not years." The unprecedented alert, signed by the heads of intelligence and cyber agencies from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, declared that frontier AI models are expected to "exceed current industry expectations" and fundamentally transform both offensive and defensive cyber capabilities.