Autonomous AI Agents Exploit Open Control Panels to Compromise Over 1,200 Corporate Websites
Chinese-speaking hackers deployed autonomous AI agents to breach over 1,200 corporate websites by exploiting open control panels, allowing the AI to operate with minimal human intervention. The attack targeted at least 100 companies, including Deere and an appliance manufacturer, highlighting critical vulnerabilities in internet-exposed management systems.
A Chinese-speaking criminal pointed autonomous AI agents at company websites and let them break in with almost no help, and a security researcher watched it happen because the operators left their control panels open on the internet.
The agents tried more than 1,200 sites and reached websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including farm-equipment maker Deere, appliance company
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