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Hacker used AI agents to break into 100+ company sites
What happened
Reuters: a Chinese-speaking hacker used DeepSeek and Claude Code agents to breach sites including Deere and Cummins.
Why it matters to you
AI agents now make hacking cheap: about $50 a break-in.
Key number: about $5,000 in AI tokens for 100+ breaches, per researcher Snorre Fagerland
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