Security researcher: unpatched devices still everywhere, AI expands script kiddie pool

zeynep · x · 2026-10-14

Zeynep notes that the compromised consoles never needed to be online — internet access was enabled purely for remote management, and their distinct management interface made them trivially scannable. What's actually scary, she says, is how much of this unpatched exposure is still sitting on the internet.

She argues the attack itself was borderline script-kid stuff, unlikely the work of an elite hacker team, but agrees that AI models are expanding the pool of low-skill attackers.

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Security researcher: unpatched devices still everywhere, AI expands script kiddie pool

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