🔆AI is impacting cybersecurity in several ways: ✅ Increased Phishing Attacks: Phishing emails surged by 1,265%, and credential theft rose by 967% since late 2022 due to AI. ✅Voice Cloning for Fraud: Hackers imitated a mother’s daughter’s voice to extort money, highlighting the risks of AI-based scams. ✅ Enhanced Hacking Sophistication: AI helps hackers translate code, identify vulnerabilities, and amplify attacks. ✅ Rising Attacks on Organizations: 75% of professionals reported more cyberattacks last year, while 85% linked the trend to AI. ✅ Privacy Erosion: Voice-activated toys and biometric systems threaten individual privacy. ✅ Cybercrime: According to data from CERT-IN, cybercrimes in India have witnessed a 572% increase In the last 3 Years.
🔆AI is impacting cybersecurity in several ways: ✅ Increased Phishing Attacks: Phishing emails surged by 1,265%, and credential theft rose by 967% since late 2022 due to AI. ✅Voice Cloning for Fraud: Hackers imitated a mother’s daughter’s voice to extort money, highlighting the risks of AI-based scams. ✅ Enhanced Hacking Sophistication: AI helps hackers translate code, identify vulnerabilities, and amplify attacks. ✅ Rising Attacks on Organizations: 75% of professionals reported more cyberattacks last year, while 85% linked the trend to AI. ✅ Privacy Erosion: Voice-activated toys and biometric systems threaten individual privacy. ✅ Cybercrime: According to data from CERT-IN, cybercrimes in India have witnessed a 572% increase In the last 3 Years.
A project of our size needs at least a few hundred million dollars per year to keep going,” Mr. Durov wrote in his public channel on Telegram late last year. “While doing that, we will remain independent and stay true to our values, redefining how a tech company should operate.
Telegram hopes to raise $1bn with a convertible bond private placement
The super secure UAE-based Telegram messenger service, developed by Russian-born software icon Pavel Durov, is looking to raise $1bn through a bond placement to a limited number of investors from Russia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the Kommersant daily reported citing unnamed sources on February 18, 2021.The issue reportedly comprises exchange bonds that could be converted into equity in the messaging service that is currently 100% owned by Durov and his brother Nikolai.Kommersant reports that the price of the conversion would be at a 10% discount to a potential IPO should it happen within five years.The minimum bond placement is said to be set at $50mn, but could be lowered to $10mn. Five-year bonds could carry an annual coupon of 7-8%.
