Alex Stamos, Stanford cybersecurity expert and former Meta security chief, argues the multibillion-dollar cybersecurity industry is overdue for disruption as AI empowers both private hackers and state actors like Russia and North Korea to detect and exploit vulnerabilities simultaneously. He compares the current frontier period to the 1990s and warns of an impending 'dark age' while society adapts to AI-powered attacks.
Background
Alex Stamos is Chief Security Officer at Cognition AI and Senior Lecturer at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center. He previously served as Director of Cybersecurity Strategy at Meta Platforms.
- Source
- The Verge
- Published
- Nov 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
- Score
- 8.0 / 10