AI enables over half of cybercrime in Africa – Interpol

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Key context: <img width="1280" height="720" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/INTERPOL.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/INTERPOL.jpg 1280w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/INTERPOL-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/INTERPOL-1024x576.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /><p>The International Police Organization has warned that artificial intelligence is enabling 55 per cent of reported cybercrimes across Africa, making attacks faster and increasingly difficult to detect. The INTERPOL’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026 highlights the evolution of cyber-criminality from isolated incidents into an industrialized, borderless ecosystem. The newly released 40-page report draws on survey [&#8230;]</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/12/ai-enables-over-half-of-cybercrime-in-africa-interpol/">AI enables over half of cybercrime in Africa &#8211; Interpol</a></p> This development from dailypost.ng highlights ongoing changes in the sector.