Hacker News post shows using Claude Code to modify peripheral firmware, sparking security fears
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-08-31
Matthew Green retweeted a discussion about a Hacker News post where a developer used Claude Code to persistently modify the firmware on every peripheral attached to their machine. Green noted that this capability used to be nation-state only and is now potentially wormable by a script kiddie, raising concerns about the security boundaries of AI coding agents.
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