Security researcher warns of AI-accelerated infrastructure attacks, urges 10x security spend
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-17
A security practitioner predicts a significant acceleration of people using AI to attack infrastructure — not doomerism but a "Y2K v2" dynamic: better to 10x security spend preemptively even if the threat scale is uncertain. The reposter notes these attacks are already starting.
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