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Norway raises its national cyber risk level to "high," citing AI agents

Norway's National Security Authority published a national cyber risk level for the first time on Tuesday and set it at high, above the normal moderate. It cited AI that finds vulnerabilities faster than people and the use of language models and agents in cyber operations, while noting that no AI-run operation has yet been documented in Norway. Successful operations against Norwegian organizations have tripled in six months, it said. Defense, space and critical infrastructure are most at risk.

A NATO member has raised its threat posture on what AI makes possible, ahead of evidence it has happened at home. SourcesA

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• ANSM hever det nasjonale cyberrisikonivået til høyt (Norwegian National Security Authority)nsm.no

This story ran in the Morning Brief of October 30th 2026.