Chinese-speaking actor uses autonomous Cairn AI agents to attack 1,200+ websites and breach 100+ companies, incl. Deere and SharkNinja
A Chinese-speaking operator used the open-source AI agent framework Cairn to run autonomous attacks against more than 1,200 sites, reaching websites of over 100 companies, including Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins. Researcher Snorre Fagerland of NorForge found the operation around 2 October 2026 by scanning for about two dozen exposed Cairn…