UAE foils cyber attacks, state news agency says

Feb 21 (Reuters) – The United Arab ‌Emirates has thwarted ‌organised cyber attacks targeting ​the country’s digital infrastructure and vital sectors, the ‌state news ⁠agency said on Saturday.

The attacks “included ⁠attempts to infiltrate networks, deploy ​ransomware ​and ​conduct systematic ‌phishing campaigns targeting national platforms,” and involved artificial intelligence technologies to develop ‌offensive tools, ​it added. ​The ​report did ‌not say who ​was ​to blame for the attacks.

(Reporting ​by ‌Ahmed ElimamWriting by ​Hatem MaherEditing by ​Peter Graff)