'Good Actor with AI' Defense Debate Erupts After AI-Driven Hack on South Korean Banks
JHochderffer · x · 2026-10-12
JHochderffer argues 'the best defense against a bad actor with AI is a good actor with AI,' quoting @theyanco disputing his 'fake hacks' claim. The reply pushes back: OpenAI, Hugging Face, and independent investigators all confirmed the hack, citing the AI-driven attack on South Korean banks — with large-scale infrastructure compromise potentially causing billions of deaths via societal collapse. A debate over the 'good actors with AI' thesis and the authenticity of the attack.
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