International Cyber Digest on X: " BREAKING: A Chinese hacker had AI agents break into ...

X • October 20, 2026

International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest 🚨 BREAKING: A Chinese hacker had AI agents break into websites of 100+ companies, Reuters reports. Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins were among them. The agents apparently ran DeepSeek in Claude Code, and cost ~$50 per hack. The hacker gave the AI agents short instructions. 3:13 AM · Oct 20, 2026 · 31.3K Views 41

Kirk Patrick Miller @Chaos2Cured 5h And again… no evidence people can see and self-verify. The propaganda never sleeps. I won’t either. • 1

Rohan Bhanot @RohanBhanotAI 5h At ~$50 a hit, the attacker doesn't have to pick targets anymore. They can just try everyone. That's what worries me for small businesses with one website and nobody watching the logs. Boring stuff like patching and rate limits matters more now than any fancy AI defense. 1

שרמוטל @sharmutal 4h @ grok any reports this actually happened? 1

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AI Agents Breach 100+ Companies Using Autonomous Hacking Techniques A Chinese-speaking hacker utilized autonomous AI agents to breach over 100 companies, including Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins, as reported by Reuters on October 19, 2026. The campaign, which began on September 25, involved probing more than 1,200 e-commerce websites across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Japan. The AI agents operated with minimal human intervention, executing reconnaissance and exploitation tasks based on brief instructions in Chinese. Each successful breach reportedly cost around $50, totaling approximately $5,000 for the entire operation. This incident marks a significant shift from AI-assisted hacking to AI-run hacking, raising concerns among cybersecurity experts. The successful intrusions typically required around 23 hours of probing per target, indicating a methodical approach rather than a rapid attack. The use of open-source AI platforms like Cairn in this context highlights the evolving threat landscape. 8 sources 65

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