72% of organizations in India have been targeted by Artificial Intelligence

Recent survey released on Sunday stated that in the last year, cyberattacks using artificial intelligence (AI) had hit nearly 72% of Indian organizations. AI has turned into a new weapon in the hands of cybercriminals, allowing them to execute quicker, more complex, and more covert assaults than ever before, according to a report published by cybersecurity company Fortinet and international research firm IDC.

The results show that these AI-driven dangers are becoming harder to identify in addition to increasing in number. Many of them take advantage of flaws in identity management systems, human behavior, and misconfigured systems—areas where conventional cybersecurity technologies frequently fail.

Credential stuffing, brute force assaults, deepfake impersonation in business emails, AI-generated phishing schemes, and polymorphic malware—which changes constantly to evade detection—are the most prevalent AI-enabled dangers in India.

The lack of readiness among Indian companies is much more concerning. Just 14% of organizations claim to be extremely confident in their capacity to fend against such sophisticated attacks. There is a significant security gap across industries, as 36% acknowledge that these AI-based dangers are exceeding their capacity to identify them and 21% have no tools in place to track them at all.  “The rise of AI in the cybercriminal toolkit is no longer a future threat — it’s here now,” said Simon Piff, Vice-President at IDC Asia-Pacific. “Organisations need to move beyond reactive strategies and adopt predictive, intelligence-driven cybersecurity models to stay ahead,” he added.

The study also reveals that cyber risk is no longer confined to sporadic occurrences but has instead become a routine in Indian enterprises’ existence. These days, zero-day vulnerabilities, software supply chains, and cloud infrastructure are the targets of attacks. Although there are still traditional threats like ransomware and phishing, insider threats and cloud misconfigurations are thought to be more harmful.

Vivek Srivastava, Country Manager for India and SAARC at Fortinet, said: “AI is now both the biggest threat and the most powerful defence. Our goal is to help Indian businesses shift from scattered tools to unified, AI-driven security platforms that are built to scale and adapt.” Rashish Pandey, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Fortinet Asia & ANZ, added that the focus is now shifting from just infrastructure to more strategic priorities like identity security, cyber resilience, and access control.

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