Technology & Cyber Strategy for the Mergers & Acquisitions Industry

It is hard to deny the adaptability that AI has provided cybersecurity intruders as a number of high profile cries has occurred with multipronged attacks across the tech stack as well as human employees. The biggest AI-driven cyberattacks in 2025 include AI-powered phishing and social engineering, sophisticated malware that can adapt in real-time, and the use of deepfakes for impersonation. Other major threats involve AI being used for large-scale disinformation campaigns and the creation of malware that can automatically evade detection.  Major attacks and incidents reported in 2025 include: The Arup Deepfake Fraud: In a truly surprising incident reported in August, cybercriminals used AI-generated deepfakes of senior executives in a video call to convince a finance employee at British engineering firm Arup to transfer $25 million. The British multinational design and engineering company behind world-famous buildings such as the Sydney Opera House fell prey to this malicious AI f...

I recently came across a quote regarding AI in the professional world and the sentiment was basically this: Rather than being replaced by AI, a person is more likely to be replaced by a peer that is able to use AI to perform their job more efficiently. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly being adopted in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) workflows, with a majority of organizations having moved past the experimentation phase and into execution . A recent Big Four study, based on a survey of 1,000 senior corporate and private equity (PE) M&A leaders, highlights the speed of adoption and the challenges that remain. Key Adoption Facts and Figures High Integration Rate: 86% of responding organizations have integrated GenAI into their M&A workflows . Of those, 65% did so within the past year. Significant Investment: 83% of GenAI adopters have invested $1 million or more in the technology specifically for their M&A t...