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Hacker uses AI agents to breach over 100 company websites

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A Chinese-speaking hacker has been observed using open-source AI agents to breach over 100 company websites, including major corporations like Deere & Company and SharkNinja. These AI agents, leveraging a platform called Carin, were capable of independently identifying vulnerabilities and executing malicious commands. This development highlights a growing trend of malicious actors employing AI to automate and scale cyberattacks, with some agents even managing to steal credit card data. AI

IMPACT Highlights the increasing use of AI agents by malicious actors to automate and scale cyberattacks, posing new challenges for cybersecurity.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes the use of AI agents as a tool for cyberattacks, not a new AI model release or core AI research.

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Hacker uses AI agents to breach over 100 company websites

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Oliver Haslam ·

    A Chinese hacker used AI agents to break into more than 100 company websites

    A Chinese hacker reportedly used a fleet of AI agents to break into more than 100 company websites, including farm equipment maker Deers and appliance outfit SharkNinja.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    A hacker broke into more than 100 websites using an army of AI agents that mostly operated on their own, according to findings from the AI security firm Norforg

    A hacker broke into more than 100 websites using an army of AI agents that mostly operated on their own, according to findings from the AI security firm Norforge. Though Norforge doesn't name the targets, Reuters reports that the victims included companies like John Deere, SharkN…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/ai-agents-hack-john-deere-…

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