Megalith
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Two researchers warn that aliens could send contaminated messages from space to wreak havoc on our IT structure. The fear is that seemingly innocent transmissions could be embedded with dangerous code.
The paper details that an alien AI could begin a negotiation with humanity, in essence social engineering an attack. One recommended solution is to build a "prison" on the moon, a computer that is used to decode alien messages, but is isolated from other networks and which could be remotely destroyed if necessary.
The paper details that an alien AI could begin a negotiation with humanity, in essence social engineering an attack. One recommended solution is to build a "prison" on the moon, a computer that is used to decode alien messages, but is isolated from other networks and which could be remotely destroyed if necessary.