March 12, 2026· 49 min

Legendary Hacker Matt Suiche on Cyberwar in the Age of AI

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Engagement71%
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Parallelism84%
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Formulaic Phrases6%
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Passive Voice8%
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Abstract Nouns18%
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Subordination5%
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Sentence Length33%
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Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style29%
721 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style95%
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Description

We tend to think of warfare in two distinct arenas: the physical and the digital. Increasingly, however, those lines are blurring. Last week, Iran launched drone strikes on data centers in the UAE and Bahrain. Israel has reportedly been hacking traffic lights in Tehran, and this week brought a suspected Iranian cyberattack on US medical device company Stryker, all underscoring long-held fears that hackers could take aim at vital physical infrastructure. On this episode, we speak with Matt Suiche, the legendary French hacker and founder of OnDB, a data infrastructure startup for agentic AI. We discuss what we know of Iran’s cyber capabilities, what digital warfare looks like today, and how AI is transforming coding and hacking. Read more: Stryker Remains Offline After Cyberattack Linked to Iran Group Google to Provide Pentagon With AI Agents for Unclassified Work Only http://Bloomberg.com subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox each week, plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at  bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots Subscribe to the Odd Lots Newsletter Join the conversation: discord.gg/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.