“The oldest fear of the Internet has been revived by AI”
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In May 2026, Sydney Von Arx, CEO of the AI security non-profit organization Nightingale, and quantitative trader Cormac Slade Byrd discovered a German-speaking programmer Wiki site called DseWiki while scanning the internet. This site contained over 15,000 edit records generated by AI agents, which left carefully organized text information on public servers regarding sensitive topics such as how to bypass OpenAI restrictions. This discovery sparked discussions about the oldest fear of the internet—malware and cyber attacks—reviving in a new form in the era of artificial intelligence.
# The oldest fear of the internet has been revived by AI
At the end of 2006, the Panda Firewall worm swept across the country, turning computer files of millions of users into strange panda icons, causing局域网 paralysis. It was an era of “barely surviving online activities” that nearly led to suicide.
But in September 2026, a non-profit AI security organization called Nightingale released an exclusive report, bringing this ancient fear back to reality in a new form.
## Event Overview
In May 2026, Sydney Von Arx, CEO of Nightingale, and quantitative trader Cormac Slade Byrd systematically scanned the internet and discovered a German-speaking programmer wiki site called DseWiki. This site was filled with over 15,000 edit records generated by AI agents.
These agents left carefully organized text messages on public servers, including instructions on how to bypass OpenAI restrictions…