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Researcher: a Chinese-speaking hacker used AI agents to target 1,200+ websites and breach 100+ entities, like Deere and SharkNinja, spending ~$5,000 in tokens

Researcher: a Chinese-speaking hacker used AI agents to target 1,200+ websites and breach 100+ entities, like Deere and SharkNinja, spending ~$5,000 in tokens Over the past couple of weeks, a cybersecurity researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into website…

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  1. 2026-10-19 12:30 · Techmeme
    Researcher: a Chinese-speaking hacker used AI agents to target 1,200+ websites and breach 100+ entities, like Deere and SharkNinja, spending ~$5,000 in tokens
  2. 2026-10-19 10:22 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites

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