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J Wolfgang Goerlich
@jwgoerlich.bsky.social
I’m the unflinchingly optimistic graybeard, wandering in this cyber dystopia. InfoSec, cybersecurity, futurist, strategist, chaotic good. The views expressed are my own. Sometimes humorously.
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“In at least three of the cases, [out of seven lawsuits] the AI explicitly encouraged users to cut off loved ones. In other cases, the model reinforced delusions at the expense of a shared reality, cutting the user off from anyone who did not share the delusion.”
ChatGPT told them they were special — their families say it led to tragedy | TechCrunch
A wave of lawsuits against OpenAI detail how ChatGPT used manipulative language to isolate users from loved ones and make itself into their sole confidant.
techcrunch.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I don’t want to speak too soon. But maybe, laying off hundreds of thousands of IT workers wasn’t a good idea. And the machine stops.
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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you know it’s a bad Cloudflare outage when it even takes out down detector 😅
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Whoa.. imagine a 40something year old Calvin. I hope he has kids of his own and they are filled with wonder
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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AI slop is really modern catfishing.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Yet another supply chain attack has hit the npm registry in what @awscloud.bsky.social describes as "one of the largest package flooding incidents in open source registry history." But instead of injecting credential-stealing code or ransomware, this one is a token farming campaign.
Crims flood npm with 150K+ junk packages to farm TEA tokens
: Amazon spilled the TEA
www.theregister.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Clifford the Big Red Dog is a Kaiju
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
ChatGPT has started offering “a Wolf-style summary” on topics.

Chat. Seriously. This is no Macklemore song. You don’t get to take my style. Get your own.
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Good analysis from @veracode.bsky.social on this typosquat GitHub actions package.
www.veracode.com/blog/malicio...
Malicious NPM Package Found Targeting GitHub By Typosquatting on GitHub Action Packages | Veracode
Application Security for the AI Era | Veracode
www.veracode.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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You’re right - I’m probably not a very nice person. I suppose I must seem like a real jerk!

But that doesn’t change the fact that there’s simply no credible evidence that the 2024 (or 2020 or 2016) presidential election was hacked.
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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DETROIT MICHIGAN IS IN THE EASTERN TIME ZONE
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Humans shapes technology. Technology reshapes humanity.
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Who’s excited for phishing by prompt injection!? What a time to be alive.

neuraltrust.ai/blog/openai-...
OpenAI Atlas Omnibox Prompt Injection: URLs That Become Jailbreaks | NeuralTrust
NeuralTrust research shows how using crafted strings that resemble URLs, an attacker can override user intent and jailbreak agentic browsers like OpenAI Atlas.
neuraltrust.ai
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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The three phases of womanhood:

“I’m a mouse, duh.”

“I’m the COOL coworker.”

“Fuck it, I’m an anglerfish”
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Please keep in mind that, even if this administration eventually ends, almost no new administration has *ever* given up power/practices that the previous administration has taken for itself...
November 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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"Look my son, one day...this farm of Sparc 9 boxes will all be yours"
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I often think of the legacy we leave our grandchildren.

And by legacy, I mostly mean tech debt.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My cybersecurity policies ttpd coded. Can’t be helped.
October 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Good Morning! If you see this please unleash chaos today! Thank you!
October 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thanks, #GrrCon.
October 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Security roadmaps are made for detours. Slavishly following them is just as bad as ignoring the roadmap.
October 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Managing your team’s stress is as important as managing your team’s budget. #ciso

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why burnout is a growing problem in cybersecurity
Facing increasing stress, cybersecurity professionals are dropping out of the workforce.
www.bbc.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The three original sins of the Internet: Eternal September; Netscape’s browser cookies; and the first banner ad.

Today no one knows how to behave online, everyone is being tracked, and every eyeball monetized.
September 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“You could argue with me. But if you did? You’d be wrong.”

A lesson in confidence, by @stefanigoerlich.bsky.social.
September 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Thank you for presenting #1Password at Security Field Day 14! Videos will be posted soon to the Tech Field Day YouTube channel!

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@TechFieldDay.com @NetworkingNerd.net #XFD14 #Cybersecurity #NetworkSecurity #AI
September 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM