"Despite the pressure from a vocal
minority of the cybersecurity
community,17 it seems that the DBIR
team will not be adding “Evil AGI” 18 to
the VERIS actor enumerations in 2024.
However, it is still a very timely topic
and one that has been occupying the
minds of technology and cybersecurity
executives worldwide.19

17: Strange spelling for “unhinged marketing hype”

18:Artificial general intelligence. You know, HAL 9000, Skynet, Cylons, M3GAN …

19: Just like real impactful technologies such as blockchain and the metaverse"

Marry me.

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2025 Data Breach Investigations Report

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And then pages 21 and 22 are just chock full of Taylor Swift references. Verizon. Please.