AI Agents Breached 100+ Company Sites, Including John Deere and SharkNinja
One hacker broke into more than 100 company websites. He barely lifted a finger. The AI agents did almost everything. Over the past couple of weeks, a Chinese-speaking hacker compromised websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including farm equipment maker Deere, appliance company SharkNinja and engine manufacturer Cummins, according to an investigation Reuters published on October 19. Each successful break-in cost the attacker about $50 in AI tokens. The human’s role in the whole operation? He wrote fewer than 100 Chinese characters of instructions, then walked away. ...