Imagine there's no Shiny Hunters – AI could make human hacking crews obsolete
This week on The Kettle, we discuss some arrests and how Mythos' mathematical expertise has led to a second exploited bug that no human would have found
The FBI has announced a potential third arrest in the ShinyHunters cyber extortion investigation, following recent breaches. As AI technology advances, the role of human hackers may become less significant. A vulnerability discovered by Anthropic's Mythos model was exploited in the wild, questioning the importance of human hackers in cybercrime.
The FBI is investigating Shiny Hunters, a cyber extortion crew that stole sensitive data, but claims they were not motivated financially. Instead, they aimed to prove their hacking skills and encourage organizations to pay large ransom demands.
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