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The following was copied from Computer Security - Cause Prioritization Wiki. Feel free to edit at will.
Differential intellectual progress on LW wiki has a bit on this:
One way by which AGIs might grow rapidly more powerful is by taking over poorly-protected computers on the Internet. Hardening computers and networks against such attacks would help reduce this risk.
Even without considering greater-than-human intelligences, poor computer security can still lead to harm to individuals or organizations through information leaks and harm to computer systems.
External links
- Computer security (Wikipedia)
- Cause_areas