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rational security, chatter, law fair no bull, and the aftermath.

A lot of them said as they shared code or as they shared fishing prompts,

that this was the first time ever that they had developed something from nefarious purposes,

and that they have no technical skills whatsoever.

So the cybercriminals that we saw using chat gpt for malicious purposes were

ones that you can like akin to script kitties or ones with low technical skills

that really didn't have any idea how to say program a info stealer

before using chat gpt.

I am a jenny and ahthig.

Fellow in technology policy and law at law fair.

And this is the law fair podcast February 13, 2023.

Since it launched in November of last year, chat gpt has been subject to widespread attention.

Cybercriminals have been quick to try to find ways to abuse the AI tool for their own purposes,

from improving their fishing emails and supporting money making schemes, to writing malware.

Could chat gpt help lower entry barriers for less skilled cybercriminals to be?

To answer that question, I sat down with Alexander Leslie, associate threat intelligence analyst

at recorded future.

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