--- title: South Africa ‘isn’t ready’ for AI-accelerated cyberattacks description: Cybersecurity experts warn that South African organisations are unprepared for AI-accelerated cyberattacks, citing Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview model... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/south-africa-isn-t-ready-for-ai-accelerated-cyberattacks-l8jvroeh9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: South Africa ‘isn’t ready’ for AI-accelerated cyberattacks | daily.dev og:description: Cybersecurity experts warn that South African organisations are unprepared for AI-accelerated cyberattacks, citing Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview model... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/south-africa-isn-t-ready-for-ai-accelerated-cyberattacks-l8jvroeh9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/l8jVROEh9.png og:image:alt: South Africa ‘isn’t ready’ for AI-accelerated cyberattacks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # South Africa ‘isn’t ready’ for AI-accelerated cyberattacks **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cybersecurity experts warn that South African organisations are unprepared for AI-accelerated cyberattacks, citing Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview model which can identify software vulnerabilities in minutes. With 77% of organisations globally taking over a week to deploy patches, the gap between automated vulnerability discovery and human-paced remediation is widening dangerously. Experts from NEC XON and Sanlam highlight that most South African organisations still rely on periodic testing and fragmented tooling rather than continuous exposure management. The recommended shift is toward architecture-led security, embedding AI into development pipelines before code reaches production, and treating patching as an urgent operational priority rather than a scheduled activity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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