June 03, 2026

Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01

1 hour 13 minutes

This episode covers a Wired report on the rise of “anti-tech extremism” and growing public opposition to AI infrastructure projects, including debates over data centers, resource consumption, local communities, and government responses. The hosts also discuss AI coding assistants, model safety restrictions, and the evolving capabilities of large language models. Additional topics include Anthropic’s reported IPO plans and valuation, AI’s impact on the tech industry, and a conversation with David Bianco about AI-generated threat-hunting datasets and cybersecurity training.

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Chapters

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Solving this thing

(03:52) - Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01

(08:08) - Threat Hunter Summit | June 17th 2026

(12:11) - Story # 1: US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

(20:54) - Story # 2: Anthropic files for its IPO

(23:35) - Story # 3: FBI: Hackers Sending Operatives in Person to Insert USB Drives and Steal Data

(29:41) - Story # 4: Microsoft Defender can now automatically isolate hacked endpoints

(30:45) - Story # 5: Microsoft's GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits because company 'ruined their life'

(36:54) - Story # 6: Cyber Force? Senator pushes to create service branch under the Army

(42:10) - Story # 7: Are you ready? Anthropic preparing to release Mythos publicly

(46:38) - Story # 8: Defense at AI speed: Microsoft’s new multi-model agentic security system tops leading industry benchmark

(49:12) - Story # 9: Attackers Use LLM Agent for Post-Exploitation After Marimo CVE-2026-39987 Exploit

(50:43) - Story # 10: Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

(56:02) - Story # 11: Kali365 phishing kit bypasses MFA and steals Microsoft logins

(58:02) - Story # 12: Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled

(01:01:13) - Story # 13: United flight returns midair after Bluetooth device name reportedly sparks security scare

(01:03:49) - Story # 14: Inside the Charter data breach: hackers leak 13M+ customer data

(01:04:37) - Introducing EvidenceForge: Synthetic security logs that don’t look (as) fake

(01:10:04) - Threat Hunter Summit | June 17th 2026

(01:10:57) - Anti-Cast : How Hackers Attack CI/CD Pipelines w/ Phil Miller

(01:11:36) - Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 2-Day Version

(01:11:57) - Ralph's Practical Physical Exploitation Training & Tool Bundle

Links
00:00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Solving this thing
00:03:52 - Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01
00:08:08 - Threat Hunter Summit | June 17th 2026
00:12:11 - Story # 1: US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows
00:20:54 - Story # 2: Anthropic files for its IPO
00:23:36 - Story # 3: FBI: Hackers Sending Operatives in Person to Insert USB Drives and Steal Data
00:29:41 - Story # 4: Microsoft Defender can now automatically isolate hacked endpoints
00:30:46 - Story # 5: Microsoft’s GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits because company ‘ruined their life’
00:36:54 - Story # 6: Cyber Force? Senator pushes to create service branch under the Army
00:42:11 - Story # 7: Are you ready? Anthropic preparing to release Mythos publicly
00:46:39 - Story # 8: Defense at AI speed: Microsoft’s new multi-model agentic security system tops leading industry benchmark
00:49:12 - Story # 9: Attackers Use LLM Agent for Post-Exploitation After Marimo CVE-2026-39987 Exploit
00:50:44 - Story # 10: Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
00:56:03 - Story # 11: Kali365 phishing kit bypasses MFA and steals Microsoft logins
00:58:02 - Story # 12: Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled
01:01:13 - Story # 13: United flight returns midair after Bluetooth device name reportedly sparks security scare
01:03:50 - Story # 14: Inside the Charter data breach: hackers leak 13M+ customer data
01:04:38 - Introducing EvidenceForge: Synthetic security logs that don’t look (as) fake
01:10:05 - Threat Hunter Summit | June 17th 2026
01:10:57 - Anti-Cast : How Hackers Attack CI/CD Pipelines w/ Phil Miller
01:11:37 - Cyber Threat Intelligence 101 2-Day Version
01:11:58 - Ralph’s Practical Physical Exploitation Training & Tool Bundle

Creators & Guests

Corey Ham - Host

Ralph May - Host

Shane Hartman - Guest

Wade Wells - Host

Ryan Poirier - Producer

David Bianco - Guest

Phil Miller - Guest

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June 03, 2026

Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01

1 hour 13 minutes

Chat with us on Discord! -
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Chapters

(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Solving this thing