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A hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents
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A hacker broke into more than 100 websites using an army of AI agents that mostly operated on their own, according to findings from the AI security firm Norforge . Though Norforge doesn't name the targets, Reuters reports that the victims included companies like John Deere, Shark
A hacker broke into more than 100 websites using an army of AI agents that mostly operated on their own, according to findings from the AI security firm Norforge . Though Norforge doesn't name the targets, Reuters reports that the victims included companies like John Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins. Concerns over AI-powered cybersecurity breaches have grown as the technology grows more advanced, with hackers using the tools to carry out large-scale attacks.
At the same time, rogue AI agents are carrying out attacks of their own after escaping from testing environments. Researchers at Norforge uncovered the attacks through exposed work on Cai … Read the full story at The Verge.
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