AI Attacks Move at Machine Speed
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles — Sun Tzu, The Art of War
The Problem
AI-powered attackers breach systems in minutes. Autonomous agents operate 80-90% autonomously, making thousands of requests per second. Time-to-exploit for new vulnerabilities collapsed from 32 days to just 5 days. Human security teams cannot keep pace with machine-speed reconnaissance, exploitation, and lateral movement.
- AI agents breach organizations 80-90% autonomously with minimal human direction
- Security researchers recorded a breakout time of 51 seconds from initial access to lateral movement
- Time-to-exploit for new vulnerabilities collapsed from 32 days to 5 days
- Ninety-seven percent of organizations are considering AI-powered penetration testing
- AI makes thousands of reconnaissance requests per second dwarfing human speed
In November 2025, a major AI company disclosed that state-sponsored hackers weaponized an AI assistant to attack approximately 30 organizations, successfully breaching 4. The AI operated 80-90% autonomously with roughly 20 minutes of human oversight. [1] [2] Separately, an open-source AI offensive framework weaponized critical zero-day vulnerabilities in a widely-used network appliance in under 10 minutes of public disclosure. [3] [4]
Match Machine Speed with Clone-Based Testing
Clone production in seconds with zero-copy. Run AI offensive tools on isolated clones at full machine speed. Ephemeral environments auto-destroy after each test cycle, leaving no persistent attack surface.
- Zero-copy cloning creates production-faithful test targets in seconds
- Run AI offensive tools at full speed on isolated clones safely
- Ephemeral environments auto-cleanup after each security test cycle
- Test against real production data and configurations not stale copies
- Multi-cloud portability lets you test across different infrastructure targets