Reuters: Hacker Breached Over 100 Company Websites Using AI Agents for About $5,000

A Reuters investigation revealed that a hacker, using the open-source AI agent framework Cairn with DeepSeek models, breached over 100 company websites for only about $5,000 in token costs, highlighting how AI agents dramatically lower the barrier and cost of cyberattacks.

2026-10-19 ~ 2026-10-19 · 2 related posts

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