Hackers used AI agents to breach more than 100 websites
What happened
On October 19, AI HOT cited reports that Norforge found a hacker using a mostly autonomous AI agent to break into more than 100 websites. Reuters reported the victims include John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins. The reports confirm the scale of the intrusion, the use of an AI agent and some of the victims, but give no timing, no details on what data was accessed or stolen, and no word on how the companies responded.
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- AI HOT · IndustryPickHacker used AI agents to breach more than 100 sites, including John Deere and SharkNinja
Norforge found that a hacker used mostly autonomous AI agents to breach more than 100 websites. Reuters reports the victims include John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins.
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