SECSEC-001 — Model Security Vulnerabilities
AI Systems Exploited to Facilitate Weapons Development and Armed Conflict
4/5Sector: DefenceGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI and automation tools have been used to incite or support cyberattacks, security breaches, and weapons development, enabling violence and armed conflict. Defence organisations face acute regulatory exposure and reputational risk where AI procurement or deployment lacks adequate misuse controls.
Domain
Security & Privacy
Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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