# Hacker breached John Deere and SharkNinja using an army of AI agents

https://mins.news/en/item/106348

- The Verge, 2026-10-19 13:58 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1013643/ai-agents-hack-john-deere-shark-ninja-cummins

> AI security firm Norforge found that a hacker used mostly autonomous AI agents to break into more than 100 websites. Reuters reported that victims included John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins. The attacks used the open-source AI platform Cairn and targeted companies in the US, Canada, Australia and Japan. John Deere said there was no indication sensitive information was accessed; Cummins is investigating, while SharkNinja said a standalone product-support site was affected and the threat contained.

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