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AI agents broke into 100+ sites for one hacker at $50 each, researcher says

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A cybersecurity researcher watched a Chinese-speaking hacker break into the websites of more than 100 companies, leaving almost all the work to AI agents. Snorre Fagerland, principal threat researcher at NorForge, set out the findings on Monday in a report on Cairn, the open-source AI platform the…

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  1. 2026-10-19 13:58 · The Next Web
    AI agents broke into 100+ sites for one hacker at $50 each, researcher says

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