'Wake the F Up. This Is Going to Destroy Us': Senator Sounds Alarm After AI Cyberattack

[cbabe]

https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-cyberattack-anthropic

‘Wake the F Up. This Is Going to Destroy Us’: Senator Sounds Alarm After AI Cyberattack

“The barriers to performing sophisticated cyberattacks have dropped substantially—and we predict that they’ll continue to do so,” said AI company Anthropic.

BRAD REED
Nov 14, 2025

A Democratic senator on Thursday sounded the alarm on the dangers of unregulated artificial intelligence after AI company Anthropic revealed it had thwarted what it described as “the first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention.”

According to Anthropic, it is highly likely that the attack was carried out by a Chinese state-sponsored group, and it targeted “large tech companies, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies, and government agencies.”

After a lengthy technical explanation describing how the attack occurred and how it was ultimately thwarted, Anthropic then discussed the security implications for AI that can execute mass cyberattacks with minimal direction from humans.

“The barriers to performing sophisticated cyberattacks have dropped substantially—and we predict that they’ll continue to do so,” the firm said. “With the correct setup, threat actors can now use agentic AI systems for extended periods to do the work of entire teams of experienced hackers.”

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(Hal: 2001 Space Odyssey
I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.)

[Bayard]

1. Senator Chris Murphy

[cbabe]

2. Thanks. I missed his name.

[marble falls]

3. I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do: ...

... the first pavement stone on the road to hell. High ideals become threats very easily.

[cbabe]

4. "I am incapable of being wrong." HAL

https://aigift.alibaba.com/quotes/hal-the-computer-quotes

[marble falls]

5. Being right is not the same as never being wrong. They skipped some instruction when programing ol' Hal.

[Ferryboat]

6. Finished reading Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth

Do we control our devices or do they control us?
Disturbing issues have been glossed over in the development of AI.
Golem class AI? These have developed "certain emergent capabilities " which have come about independently of any human planning or intervention.
"They have capabilities and we're not sure how or when or why they show up".

Just 2 quotes from developers the author interviewed.

Too much money and power at stake to think the development of AI might slow down enough for us to fully understand this new tech. The dangers are being ignored.

[cbabe]

7. My toaster controls me. I pop up when the toast pops. Humans

seem intent on creating more ways to kill themselves and others. Lead paint. Opioids. High fructose corn syrup.

With money to be made it’s fingers in ears singing la la la time.

[kimbutgar]

8. I've been warning for years about AI and your reference to HAL in 2001 space odyssey and am scared of what it'll do

To our world. And also these robots they’re creating !

[dickthegrouch]

9. Robocop showed us the answer to that

There’s so much SciFi that has been absolutely prescient in what we’d experience. If governments don’t have whole departments planning against those eventualities, they are severely negligent.
Isaac Asimov’s three laws of robotics are well past due to be mandatory for the entire planet.

[kimbutgar]

10. Exactly I love these Sci Fi type movies and books and some are scarily coming true.

[twodogsbarking]

11. Here's an idea. Let's hook everyones' computers together and see what happens.

See what happens.

[cbabe]

13. Already in process. The internet of things:

Britannica
https://www.britannica.com › science › Internet-of-Things

Internet of Things | Definition, History, Examples, & Privacy Concerns ...

Oct 30, 2025Internet of Things (IoT), the vast array of physical objects equipped with sensors and software that enable them to interact with little huma

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. Its more scary knowing such an incompetent moron who decides things based on his own personal gain, is in charge