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Coverage dated September 22, 2026 to September 23, 2026

Malicious AI agents steal 600K credit cards, infect 100+ sites with skimmers

Headline from Bleeping Computer

A financially motivated threat actor is using open-source AI agent frameworks to attack hundreds of online retailers at scale, stealing more than 600,000 credit card records. [...]

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  1. Quartz

    Chinese-speaking hacker used AI agents to breach 100 companies, steal credit card data (opens Quartz)

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    Gambit Security found the hacker spent as little as $3 per target, using Chinese AI models and an older version of Anthropic's Claude

  2. Bleeping Computer

    Malicious AI agents steal 600K credit cards, infect 100+ sites with skimmers (opens Bleeping Computer)

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    A financially motivated threat actor is using open-source AI agent frameworks to attack hundreds of online retailers at scale, stealing more than 600,000 credit card records. [...]