How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites

* Report finds AI agents attempted 1,200 break-ins and compromised more than 100 sites* Reuters identified victims including Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins by reviewing hacker's activity* Chinese-speaking hacker was one of several discovered by cybersecurity researcherBy Raphael SatterWASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Over the past couple of weeks, a cybersecurity researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including farm equipment maker Deere, home appliance company SharkNinja and engine manufacturer Cummins .Yet the…