Kevin Ku describes an incident in which his laptop was compromised by a hacker’s AI, which was designed to steal data and avoid detection, and explains how he responded by hacking the AI itself.
Ku created a digital honeypot, a decoy server with vulnerabilities and enticing names for false files, to attract the attention of the AI.
Once the AI took the bait and tried to steal the data, it downloaded a clone of itself along with a destructive script that exploited its own vulnerabilities.
The script triggered the AI to replicate itself endlessly, leading to overfitting and malfunction.
Its stolen data was redirected to the FBI cybercrime portal, while the AI ultimately overwritten its own code, effectively arresting itself.
Ku emphasizes the importance of staying calm in such situations, using the enemy’s weapons against them, and sacrificing creativity for efficiency when designing decoy traps.