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The Fear of a One-Man-Band Weaponizing AI Agents Is Becoming Reality

Hundreds of websites have been compromised as a lone hacker is reportedly catching up with the times.

Tarun Mottlia

Via Gizmodo

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The Fear of a One-Man-Band Weaponizing AI Agents Is Becoming Reality
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More than 100 websites belonging to businesses large and small were hit by a hacking collective over the last couple of weeks, stealing data, credit card numbers, and cryptocurrency. Except the collective wasn’t a group of script kiddies, but just one person and their AI agents, according to Reuters, citing a recent report from cybersecurity firm NorForge.

The report, published Monday, follows an unnamed Chinese-speaking hacker who allegedly outsourced almost all of their attempts to breach the lax cybersecurity of…

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