AI Agent Swarms Are Hacking “Half The Internet” In “Black October” Phenomenon Threatening Its Very Existence

Former OpenAI researcher Joshua Achiam has sounded the alarm over a sudden wave of cybersecurity incidents that have spread across the internet, comparing the atmosphere to the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Feels like March 1, 2020 for Cyber,” Achiam wrote on X on October 21.

“Not normal, something is happening. Internet lockdowns in a couple of months?”