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The Terrifying Reality of Fully Automated Methods of Hacking and Personal Data Leaks, Where Autonomous AI Agents Continuously Attack Hundreds of Online Sites for as Little as 4,000 Yen per Attack, Has Been Brought to Light.

Following a series of incidents in which Japanese companies, including Times Car, GMO, and Yakiniku King, have experienced the leakage of users' personal information due to unauthorized access since September 2026, it is being suggested that the misuse of AI is rapidly advancing. Security firm Gambit Security obtained and investigated an attacker's relay server and discovered that three open-source AI tools—Hermes, Strix, and Cairn—were used in …

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