AI agents broke into 100+ sites for one hacker at $50 each, researcher says
Reuters identified Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins among the victims. The hacker’s agents tried more than 1,200 sites, and the researcher put the cost at about $50 per successful hack.
Via TNW | Security
A cybersecurity researcher watched a Chinese-speaking hacker break into the websites of more than 100 companies, leaving almost all the work to AI agents. Snorre Fagerland, principal threat researcher at NorForge, set out the findings on Monday in a report on Cairn, the open-source AI platform the hacker used.
Reuters saw the report before publication and identified some of the victims by reviewing the hacker’s activity, Raphael Satter reported for Reuters. They include farm equipment maker Deere, appliance company SharkNinja…
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