{
  "id": 13933666,
  "title": "Imagine there's no Shiny Hunters – AI could make human hacking crews obsolete",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/imagine-theres-no-shiny-hunters-ai-could-make-human-hacking-crews",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-12T10:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/12/imagine-theres-no-shiny-hunters-ai-could-make-human-hacking-crews-obsolete/5302430"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [
    "FBI investigating Shiny Hunters cyber extortion crew",
    "AI technology advances, human hackers may become obsolete",
    "Mythos model vulnerability exploited in wild cyber attacks"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Register",
        "title": "Imagine there's no Shiny Hunters – AI could make human hacking crews obsolete",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/imagine-theres-no-shiny-hunters-ai-could-make-human-hacking-crews-13935918",
        "published": "2026-10-12T10:27:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}