One man ran AI agents against 1,200 company sites, breached 100+ at ~$50 per hack
srimisra · x · 2026-10-22
Citing a recent Reuters report, the post describes a lone developer who ran AI agents against 1,200 company websites and gained access to sites belonging to 100+ companies, including Deere — at a cost of roughly $50 in tokens per intrusion. The takeaway: cheap, fully automated AI-driven hacking is already here, dramatically expanding the attack surface for ordinary corporate sites.
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