Frontier lab insiders are buying generators and Faraday bags to prep for AI cyberattacks
harris_edouard · x · 2026-11-03
Edouard Harris shares what he and Jeremie Harris learned since early 2026 prepping for AI-driven cyberattacks, prompted by an unscheduled power outage hitting DC agencies including the State Department.
- By early 2026, friends at frontier AI labs were taking prepping seriously: personal bunkers, bugout properties, even a former AI lab employee shopping for a budget bio-bunker.
- Their thesis: AI is getting dangerously good at cyber fast, and the next generation of models will blow open vulnerabilities everywhere at once.
- Unlike ordinary prepping, rogue-AI threats call for protecting electronics from exotic RF attacks - they recommend both a generator (a Champion tri-fuel 8000W inverter) and Faraday sleeves for laptops.
- Cheap resilience example: networked cars (50% of vehicles) could be bricked en masse, but disconnecting the telematics unit suffices - no need to buy an old car.
- They consulted Tier 1 special forces on past projects; bio-threat guidance is deferred to a future post.
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