Matthew Green: AI hands attackers exploit development once reserved for nation-states
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-14
In the same fridge-hack thread, Matthew Green warns attackers will get smarter and share tools: exploit development that once required state-sponsored resources is now accessible to anyone who wants to cause damage. He pushes back on zeynep — the fridge victims lost millions without AI defense, and scaling that damage 15,000x raises the question of what happens before AI defense reaches every vulnerable device.
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