Defending Against Intelligent Attackers at Large Scales

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Defending Against Intelligent Attackers at Large Scales

Andrew Lohn

April 22, 2025

We investigate the scale of attack and defense mathematically in the context of AI's possible effect on cybersecurity. For a given target today, highly scaled cyber attacks such as from worms or botnets typically all fail or all succeed.

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