The Deception Engine: Inside the State-Sponsored AI Manipulation Machine
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The Deception Engine: Inside the State-Sponsored AI Manipulation Machine

September 18, 2026 11:00 AM
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Anthropic's Sept 10 threat intel report revealed a dangerous new reality: nation-state actors like Midnight Blizzard are leveraging AI to automate phishing and attack workflows at scale. What does this mean for adversarial AI defense?

Join Dineshwar Sahni, Cy Khormaee, and Ryan Luo for a deep dive into the report and the future of AI-driven cyber threats.

Dineshwar Sahni is a seasoned Cybersecurity executive with over 15 years of experience driving enterprise-scale cyber transformation across Fortune 50 companies. He has lead the teams in delivering state of the art, ground breaking Cyber, AI, Innovations & M&A projects. Throughout his career, he has successfully scaled developer-first security cultures, spearheaded enterprise generative AI rollouts, managed complex M&A security integrations, and significantly reduced critical vulnerabilities to align security with long-range business strategy, globally.

Cy Khormaee: Led Google's User Protection Services business unit (reCAPTCHA, Safe Browsing, Web Risk), Serial Entrepreneur (Moovweb sold to Edgio, Contastic sold to SugarCRM, CIMLS.com), and UCLA Faculty Member.

Ryan Luo: Led Google's reCAPTCHA and Safe browsing technical teams. Responsible for modernizing and scaling the core Safe Browsing phishing platform & building reCAPTCHA PLG.

Cy Khormaee
Ryan Luo
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