Hackers increasingly use AI agents to increase speed and harm of cyberattacks including prompt injection risks.
“We rely on information technology systems that we or our third-party providers operate to process, transmit and store electronic information in our day-to-day operations. In connection with our product discovery efforts, we may collect and use a variety of personal data, such as name, mailing address, email addresses, phone number and clinical trial information. A successful cyberattack could result in the theft or destruction of intellectual property, data, or other misappropriation of assets, or otherwise compromise our confidential or proprietary information and disrupt our operations. Cyberattacks are increasing in their frequency, sophistication and intensity, and have become increasingly difficult to detect. Hackers are also making increased use of AI agents that can significantly increase the speed and harm of their attacks. Use of AI systems may also lead to new vulnerabilities such as prompt injection attacks that may compromise these systems and other operations that depend on these systems. We also continue to provide for remote work for our employees, which may increase our vulnerability to cyber and other information technology risks. Cyberattacks could include wrongful conduct by hostile foreign governments, industrial espionage, wire fraud and other forms of cyber fraud, the deployment of harmful malware, denial-of-service, ransomware, business email compromise, phishing attacks, social engineering fraud or other means to threaten data security, confidentiality”