CrowdStrike says AI speeds China, DPRK ops

Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike’s senior vice president of counter adversary operations, said on CBS News on May 15 that artificial intelligence is accelerating cyber activity tied to China and North Korea. CBS identified Meyers as the head of counter adversary operations and said he discussed how Americans should view cyber threats from the two countries. (cbsnews.com) CrowdStrike’s comments came one day after the company published its 2026 Financial Services Threat Landscape Report, which said North Korea-linked actors stole billions in digital assets in 2025 and that intrusions against financial institutions increased over the past two years. (financialcontent.com) The company said adversaries are using AI-powered deception to compress the time between initial access and impact. (cbsnews.com) The remarks add to CrowdStrike’s broader warning from February that AI is speeding attacks across sectors. In its 2026 Global Threat Report, CrowdStrike said AI-enabled attacks surged 89% and the average eCrime breakout time fell to 29 minutes in 2025, with the fastest case taking 27 seconds. (cbsnews.com) ### What did Meyers say on CBS about China and North Korea? CBS News said on May 15 that Meyers joined the network to discuss cyber threats from China and North Korea. The network’s segment description did not provide a full transcript, but it framed the interview around how Americans should assess potential threats from the two countries. CrowdStrike has separately described Meyers as the executive leading its threat-intelligence business, overseeing teams that track state-sponsored, criminal and nationalist adversaries worldwide. (financialcontent.com) That role places him at the center of the company’s public assessments of activity linked to China and North Korea. ### Why are banks and payment firms part of this warning? (crowdstrike.com) CrowdStrike said on May 14 that financial institutions remain prime targets because they hold high-value assets and sit inside payment and transaction networks. The company’s financial-sector report said hands-on-keyboard intrusions against financial institutions rose 43% globally and 48% in North America over the past two years. (cbsnews.com) The same report said China-linked espionage and ransomware pressure on the sector intensified, while North Korea-linked actors continued stealing digital assets. CrowdStrike said adversaries are weaponizing AI to speed targeting and execution, though the report summary available publicly does not spell out every tactic discussed in the CBS interview. (crowdstrike.com) ### What has CrowdStrike said more broadly about AI-enabled attacks? CrowdStrike said on Feb. 24 that AI is “accelerating the adversary and expanding the enterprise attack surface” in its 2026 Global Threat Report. The company said attackers are exploiting AI systems, injecting malicious prompts into generative AI tools at more than 90 organizations, and abusing AI development platforms. (financialcontent.com) The 2026 report also gave two measures of attack speed: a 29-minute average breakout time for eCrime activity in 2025 and a fastest observed breakout of 27 seconds. CrowdStrike presented those figures as evidence that defenders are facing faster-moving operations. (financialcontent.com) ### How does North Korea fit into CrowdStrike’s latest reporting? CrowdStrike said in its financial-services report that DPRK-nexus adversaries stole billions in digital assets in 2025. CBS also aired a separate segment described as focusing on increased attacks from foreign adversaries after the FBI attributed a $1.5 billion theft from crypto exchange Bybit to North Korea. (ir.crowdstrike.com) CrowdStrike has also highlighted another North Korean tactic: remote IT worker infiltration. On its website, the company warns that DPRK operatives pose as legitimate remote employees to gain access, generate revenue and create security, legal and financial risks for employers. (ir.crowdstrike.com) ### What can be verified publicly from the interview itself? CBS News published the May 15 video segment under the headline about Chinese and North Korean cyber threats, but the publicly available page provides only a short description rather than a full transcript. An X post cited in the prompt was not independently verified here, so the confirmed public record in this thread is the CBS video page and CrowdStrike’s own published reports and executive biography. (financialcontent.com) May 14 and May 15 are the key dates in the public record: CrowdStrike released its 2026 Financial Services Threat Landscape Report on May 14, and CBS News published Meyers’ interview on May 15. CrowdStrike’s 2026 Global Threat Report, released on Feb. 24, remains the company’s broader benchmark for its AI-related threat claims. (crowdstrike.com) (financialcontent.com) (cbsnews.com)