Hacker Used Swarm of AI Agents to Breach 100+ Companies

A researcher at NorForge found that a Chinese-speaking hacker used the open-source tool Cairn to unleash swarms of autonomous AI agents against more than 100 companies, including John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins. The agents targeted over 1,200 e-commerce sites in the US, Canada, Australia and Japan, with successful breaches taking about 23 hours and costing roughly $50 in tokens.

• Over 100 companies hit, including John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins
• Cairn-based agent swarms attacked more than 1,200 e-commerce sites
• A successful breach took about 23 hours and cost ~$50 in tokens
• One hacker stole sensitive credit card data