"the internet itself is on the verge of collapse"

After another massive cyberattack, GMO - one of Japan's biggest brokerages - is urging the government to intervene.

"The cyberspace that I built with my colleagues, believing it would bring smiles to people's faces, is now on the verge of being completely destroyed by malicious actors.

The underlying issue is the explosive evolution and misuse of AI technology.

The ease with which open-weight AI models can be combined and spread into countless attack tools has transformed cyberattacks, which once required advanced skills, into an era where anyone can easily carry them out."