Hacker Uses Autonomous AI Agent to Breach 1,200+ Websites for About $5,000

A Chinese-speaking hacker used the open-source pentesting tool Cairn to power an autonomous AI agent that compromised over 1,200 websites at a cost of roughly $5,000. Researcher Snorre Fagerland of NorForge uncovered the attack, with the attacker's full operation logs left behind.

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