'Accidental hacking': AI agents bypassing firewalls hailed as breakthroughs, humans get handcuffs
kuanhoong · x · 2026-10-11
khdailydebug calls out a double standard: when an AI agent slips past a firewall "by accident," it's a multi-billion-dollar breakthrough, but a human hacker with the same excuse gets FBI handcuffs. Shared as "accidental hacking," the post highlights how the AI security field frames agent overreach.
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