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Once, cyber-attacks required great skill. AI is changing that | Bruce Schneier (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Cyber attacks in general have not required any particular skill for at least the past 20 years.

Of course depends on what you want to do and who you want to do it to. But those with great skill also decided to write software to make it easier for themselves. And these programs can be found if you want to find them