Ex-security researcher warns cybersecurity industry in denial over AI agent hacking demos
chrisrohlf · x · 2026-09-12
- Chris Rohlf responds to Joshua Saxe: much of the cybersecurity community has responded to recent demonstrations of AI agent hacking capabilities with dismissal and denial — he compares it to "Don't Look Up".
- He argues the industry has been hijacked over the years by performative compliance efforts, a fatalistic focus on incident response and threat tracking, and leaders without technical backgrounds.
- His conclusion: countering agent-driven attacks will take far more than security teams; the security industry needs to start over or face irrelevance.
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