---
id: 1621
title: "All About Hackbots: AI Agents That Hack"
source_domain: josephthacker.com
source_url: "https://josephthacker.com/ai/2024/02/21/hackbots.html"
published_at: "2024-02-21T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["ai-security", "bug-bounty", "offensive-security", "ai-agents", "llm", "vulnerability-discovery", "hackbot"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1621"
lang: en
---

# All About Hackbots: AI Agents That Hack

## Summary

Joseph Thacker defines 'hackbots' as AI systems that find vulnerabilities in hardened apps, describes his Hero proof-of-concept, and argues hackbots could eventually outperform human bug hunters.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** josephthacker.com
- **Published:** 2024-02-21T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://josephthacker.com/ai/2024/02/21/hackbots.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1621