'Black October' in Cybersecurity: Nobody Died, Everyone Just Updated Dependencies
AlexTensor · x · 2026-10-29
Zack Korman jokes that cybersecurity's 'Black October' was an apocalypse where instead of dying, people had to update dependencies — someone's API keys got stolen, and some people asked AI agents to access their bank accounts.
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