AI-driven vulnerability discovery will push cybercrime losses onto society
mimi10v3 · x · 2026-10-24
The author argues that the current AI-driven wave of rapid discovery of preexisting vulnerabilities will fuel a surge in downstream cybercrime: companies, banks and governments will be defrauded, and society will absorb the economic losses. Many crimes can't be traced back to the original data leak to recover damages, and even when they can, suing a smaller breached business might simply bankrupt it.
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