Black October! What Is Happening to the Internet?

📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- Is AI turning the entire internet into a dark forest? Security experts Hari Mulackal and Odysseas Lamtzidis join David Hoffman to unpack Black October, why AI-powered hacking is becoming cheaper and more scalable, how defenders are falling behind, and what it means for your crypto and personal data. --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near2026 🌍 RIPIO | LOCAL CURRENCIES, ONCHAIN https://bankless.cc/ripio 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:08 Black October: Cybersecurity’s New Reality 1:01 Why Cyber Incidents Are Surging 4:06 AI Makes Hacking Cheap and Scalable 6:46 The Real-World Cost of Data Breaches 11:00 AI, Personal Data, and Targeted Scams 15:32 Is Mass Data Exposure Inevitable? 18:02 What the CVE Explosion Reveals 20:50 Can AI Defenders Keep Up? 23:22 Why Crypto May Be Better Prepared 27:34 Are Crypto Assets Still Safe? 31:41 A Silver Lining After the Cyber Turbulence 34:18 Practical Security Advice for Individuals 36:05 Redundancy, Self-Custody, and Limiting Risk 38:02 Simple Steps to Protect Your Wallet 40:39 What Crypto Custodians Should Do 41:29 Security Startups and How They Can Help --- RESOURCES Hari Mulackal https://www.linkedin.com/in/hari-mulackal Odysseas Lamtzidis https://www.linkedin.com/in/odysseaslamtzidis --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures