Cryptographer Matthew Green and malware researcher MalwareTech clash over whether AI will reshape cybercrime
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-30
Cryptographer Matthew Green and malware researcher MalwareTech traded blows on X over whether AI is changing the cyber-threat landscape.
- Green worries that abliterated (uncensored) open models like GLM/Qwen give anyone one-click attack capability, and that software is far weaker than crypto, which acts as a "heat shield" absorbing attacker attention first.
- MalwareTech, who has tracked threat actors and botnets since 2015, called Green's take "not remotely grounded in reality": crypto-focused crews already hit traditional assets, and the criminal ecosystem won't reshuffle just because LLMs arrived.
- Each accused the other of grifting; Green apologized for personal insults while standing by his concern.
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