Three hours to breach: AI attacks, critical PHP flaws and India’s digital trust test
A cyberattack can move from initial targeting to privileged access in less than three hours. As software vulnerabilities, AI-assisted attacks and weaknesses in digital certificates converge, the real test for organisations is how quickly they can respond. Three hours. That is how quickly attackers obtained privileged access to cloud infrastructure in several incidents described by Microsoft in its October 21, 2026, security report.