Risky Business · Tuesday, September 29, 2026
HD Moore drew parallels between current AI doomsday discussions and the reaction to his release of Metasploit in 2003. He noted that at the time, he was labeled a cyber terrorist for making powerful tools accessible.
“23 years ago, when HD released Metasploit, people were calling him a cyber terrorist and saying he was giving machine guns to toddlers and stuff like that, right?”
“So we've been around for the hype cycle, uh, him and I both, once before.”