A hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents

A Chinese-speaking hacker utilized an army of autonomous AI agents to breach over 100 websites, including John Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins. According to Norforge principal threat researcher Snorre Fagerland, the hacker employed the open-source AI platform Cairn, paying approximately $50 per agent to automate the attacks. These findings, reported by Reuters and The Next Web, have intensified global concerns regarding the scalability of AI-powered cybersecurity breaches and the capabilities of autonomous agents.