Martin Casado: our grad school oscilloscope was hacked to run a porn server
nptacek · x · 2026-09-25
a16z partner Martin Casado recalls a grad school incident: an oscilloscope running slow turned out to be compromised and serving as a porn server. He also notes there was a time when installing Windows on an internet-connected machine meant it would be compromised before setup finished — his point: cyber has always been unhinged, a useful frame amid today's AI security discourse.
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