AI Cyber Risks Echo Early Internet Malware Outbreaks

12:45 PM · Jul 23, 2026

But then organizations will adapt. They'll start using LLMs to carefully audit their own systems and close vulnerabilities. They'll make sure safety-critical systems are airgapped or have manual overrides. And life will go on.

TB Timothy B. Lee@binarybits

12:42 PM · Jul 23, 2026

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The current moment around AI and cyber reminds me a lot of the late 1990s and early 2000s, when people started connecting Windows PCs (and IIS servers) to the Internet and we got wave after wave of malware (Melissa, ILOVEU, Code Red). It was a disaster for Microsoft.

TB Timothy B. Lee@binarybits

12:43 PM · Jul 23, 2026

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But it was also fixable. In 2002, Bill Gates wrote his famous Trustworthy Computing memo making security the company's top priority. And it worked. Windows (and other) computers got more secure. Malware became a manageable issue over time.

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