Hacker used Cairn AI agents to break into 100+ company websites for about $5,000
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A security researcher tracked one attacker who aimed the open-source Cairn agent platform at more than 1,200 websites and got into over 100, at roughly $50 per breach. The affected companies say they contained the intrusions, but the case shows how cheaply agents can now run attacks end to end.
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