My takeaway from stories like this is that it was always really easy to crack in to companies, but most knowledgeable people had better things to do.
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I would love to see the term 'low-skilled' used more often within the context of LLM's and the manner in which people use them.
Skill is for l4m3rs
Huh?
The opposite of haxx0rZ
they fired hordes of tech people, and neglected cybersecurity in many companies. this was bound to happen.
Reminds me of ISIS.
The IT Paradox :
- "Why am I paying IT if everything works"
- "Why am I paying IT if nothing works"
What a thumbnail!
If that is a "Low Skilled Attacker" we're all cooked
@Grok, is this picture legit?
Tap for spoiler
/s
I'm nominating you for best spoiler reveal of the month.
Alternative title: the ubiquitous race for cheapest developers and fastest time to maket leaves everything insecure.
script kiddies wrecking corporate security is funny
prompt kiddies doing it is just depressing
And no-skilled attackers can buy exploits.
Claude helping is insignificant to the story.
The real headline should be:
At least 14 companies' IT security is practically non-existent
It is significant because a random teenager can't google "download exploits" and have them available 5mins later.
Powerful AI models and agents though are on your fingertips without you even asking.
Sure, people can buy guns. But what if every person could materialize a chainsaw instead regardless of their skill, maturity, age, or criminal record? 🤔
Teenagers are definitely able to find exploits via google in 5 if they're motivated.
Buying a disassembled ak-47 on post order and having it shipped to your address anywhere in the world is also possible.
Rules only apply to people that care about them.
Random teenagers can absolutely google "download exploits" and have them available, that's pretty much always been the case..
Full disclosure was a thing once upon a time, where exploits and proofs of concept were dumped publicly, forcing companies to fix the issue or be compromised. That's mostly been moved away from in favor of responsible disclosure, giving companies time to patch the issue before it's known publicly.
Maybe we should be moving back to full disclosure to force these companies to take data security seriously. Or at least then we could point to a known vulnerability as proof the company is shitty and is neglecting their infrastructure.
Didn't think I'd ever side with no script kiddie but at this point fuck it.
If your company can't be bothered to do the bare minimum in security then yeah I hope the least skilled hacker ever comes along and wrecks it.
Thing is, with the latest frontier models, the least skilled person can find a crack in the most secure company around, as long as they can string a few sentences together.
It isn’t about “bare minimum” anymore. All it takes is a single lapse in vigilance from a single employee, and they’re in… and the LLM doesn’t have to pause to figure out what to do next.
Pentesters have access to LLMs too
It’s easier to destroy a house than to build it.
some hacker unleashes malicious AIs to the internet, breaking it apart cause AI keeps finding vulnerabilities in everything and break things faster than humans can fix
corporates build corporate internet and the blackwall, which is AI to fight malicious AIs
Gooooood morning Night City!
Yeah, but an LLM's arms race isn't "doing the bare minimum in security", which is what the poster before was saying.
This is a genuine concern, where whoever has access to the best/most recent/most expensive models can unleash chaos - I'm talking state-sponsored attacks, mega-corp espionage, bored billionaires,...
The people you listed were already doing this. The problem is Darrell, the guy who thinks Earth is flat, can also do this.
Meh. When you're expecting to have to defend against an army battalion, how much of a thread is Darrell the flat-earther and his AR-15?
Because if Darrell is doing damage, you've been conquered and didn't even noticed.
Edit: in case you're not following the thread and feel an urge in your loins to come defend Darrell, do note that I'm not disparaging the issues a dimwit with AI can cause. I'm pointing out that other players will have even larger sticks than your friend Darrell.
Case in point, Darrell will not have Claude Fable. Others will.
In this analogy Darrell fires an ICBM, because everyone has access to a ton of those for $20/mo.
The overall point is that doing (what used to be) the bare minimum is no longer even close to enough. To be considered adequate, you need super ironclad defense, because even low skilled attackers have access to very powerful weapons.
You said so yourself, everyone has a ton of those.
Darrell is firing an ICBM at a place that is being hit with hypersonic hydrogen bombs all the time. Either he's hitting rubble, or a damn impressive defense that he's unlikely to break.
With AI as the army battalion, Darrell becomes a general.
Sure, in a world where the big boys have Death Stars.
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Bad look for Claude after their vigorous insistence their model can't be used this way.
Also bad look for the 50 people I get in my inbox telling me AI is completely useless every time I talk about it. These arguments were worthy of entertainment a few years ago but not in 2026.
What’s the use here? A random Ethiopian kid doxxing himself while “breaching companies”?
This article reads like yet another sensationalist advertisement for ai. How many people have supposedly now gained the ability to “breach dozens of companies” simply by typing “please” into a text box? Hundreds of millions? How is society still functioning if this is going on?
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AI (specifically LLM) isn't unless unless you need it to be accurate. You don't need to be accurate to find software vulnerabilities for example, you just need to be able to sift enough of the false positives to be able to identify the real bugs for example.
LLMs are over hyped and being given away below the cost of training and running the models in the hope of getting entrenched then ramping up the costs though.
Fair I agree it's overhyped. But to be honest the amount I think it's overhyped continues to decline as its capabilities continue to advance. And we're at a point now where it is clearly useful for many tasks, even if it's not appropriate for anything.
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