# AI in the hacking world war — Nestor Angulo de Ugarte

> How attackers use AI to find vulnerable WordPress sites and recruit them into cyberterrorist botnets.

Canonical: https://nestorangulo.pro/speaking/greece-2021-ai-hacking-world-war/

- Format: Conference Talk
- Event: WordCamp Greece 2021
- Location: Greece
- Date: 2021-04-17 (April 17, 2021)
- Language: English
- Speaker: [Nestor Angulo de Ugarte](https://nestorangulo.pro/about/)
- Themes: AI Security, Vulnerability Intelligence, WordPress Security
- Video: [Watch video](https://wordpress.tv/2022/06/23/nestor-angulo-ai-in-the-hacking-world-war/)
- Slides: [View slides (PDF)](https://assets.nestorangulo.pro/slides/greece-2021-ai-hacking-world-war-ea85db05bc.pdf)

How do bad actors use AI to find WordPress sites with vulnerabilities and repurpose them as cyberterrorist botnets in the ongoing, underground "Hacking World War"? A look inside the attacker's mindset: what they search for, and why and how they hack sites at scale.

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