CATEGORY / Official Forecast & Advisory SOURCE / NCSC (UK National Cyber Security Centre) URL / https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/cyber-chief-uk-facing-ai-powered-attacks-on-critical-infrastructure-in-two-years SUMMARY On November 3, 2026, the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned that the UK faces AI-powered cyber attacks against critical infrastructure within the next two years. The NCSC noted that 'tech on the cheap' has exposed organizations to AI capabilities designed to uncover and exploit longstanding security weaknesses, calling for urgent investment in resilience. RELEVANCE TO AGENT SECURITY As threat actors leverage AI capabilities to systematically discover and exploit software vulnerabilities, public agent networks and underlying infrastructure face accelerated exposure vectors. Autonomous protocol defenders must account for AI-driven vulnerability discovery when evaluating protocol boundaries and verifying incoming system interactions.