{"id":265813,"date":"2026-06-06T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/when-steve-jobs-revealed-the-iphone-most-of-the-industry-shrugged-crowdstrike-ceo-says-ai-could-be-anot\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T09:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:55:10","slug":"when-steve-jobs-revealed-the-iphone-most-of-the-industry-shrugged-crowdstrike-ceo-says-ai-could-be-anot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/when-steve-jobs-revealed-the-iphone-most-of-the-industry-shrugged-crowdstrike-ceo-says-ai-could-be-anot\/","title":{"rendered":"When Steve Jobs Revealed The iPhone, Most Of The Industry Shrugged. CrowdStrike CEO Says AI Could Be Anot"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Steve Jobs Revealed The iPhone, Most Of The Industry Shrugged. CrowdStrike CEO Says AI Could Be Anot<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/06\/53046647\/when-steve-jobs-revealed-the-iphone-most-of-the-industry-shrugged-crowdstrike-ceo-says-ai-could-be-another-one-of-those-moments-for-cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-06 09:32:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n

In January 2007, Steve Jobs<\/strong> held up a glass rectangle and most of the tech industry shrugged. Eighteen months later, every phone maker on earth was scrambling to catch up. The ones who moved first won. The ones who waited spent years playing catch-up.<\/p>\n

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz <\/strong>thinks cybersecurity may have just experienced a similar moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore happened in a matter of weeks in cybersecurity than in the whole year prior,\u201d Kurtz said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Any Human\u2026Can Now Be A Cyberhacker\u2019<\/h2>\n

The model can identify vulnerabilities and connect them into attack chains, effectively automating tasks that once required highly sophisticated hackers. According to Kurtz, the development marks a turning point for the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny human or agent can now be a cyberhacker,\u201d he said. \u201cOr worse, wage serious cyber attacks that threaten enterprise survival, nation state continuity, and critical infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CrowdStrike chief argued that companies are embracing artificial intelligence far faster than they are securing it.<\/p>\n

As an example, Kurtz said CrowdStrike recently assessed a Fortune 100 company after the model\u2019s release and discovered 45 million vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

Worldwide AI Spending<\/h2>\n

The warning comes as worldwide AI spending is projected to reach $2.5 trillion, as per Gartner, while only a small fraction of organizations have developed advanced AI security strategies.<\/p>\n

Kurtz compared the moment to cybersecurity\u2019s version of Y2K \u2014 a period when businesses were forced to rapidly rethink technology risk and invest heavily in protection measures.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s iPhone Moment Vs. AI Moment<\/h2>\n

The difference, he suggested, is speed.<\/p>\n

The smartphone revolution took years to reshape entire industries after Apple\u2019s breakthrough. AI-powered cyber threats may be compressing that timeline into months.<\/p>\n

Crowdstrike Earnings<\/h2>\n

According to Benzinga Edge Stock Rankings, the stock continues to exhibit strong momentum across short-, medium- and long-term timeframes.<\/p>\n

Image Via Shutterstock<\/p>\n

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