"The lapse \"resulted in NIST UTC [universal coordinated time] being 4.8 microseconds slower than it should have been,\" NIST spokesperson Rebecca Jacobson said in an email. That's just under 5 millionths of a second. To understand just how brief an instant that is, Jacobson noted that it takes a person about 350,000 microseconds to blink."
The same tools that help defenders spot anomalies, detect intrusions and speed up response times are also making it easier for adversaries to scale and automate their attacks. AI can generate code to patch vulnerabilities, or it can exploit vulnerabilities whenever it finds them. It can help identify phishing attempts or draft realistic attacks designed to trick even the most savvy recipients.