{"slug": "50-per-website-thats-what-it-reportedly-cost-one-attacker-to-compromise-100-ai", "title": "$50 per website. That’s what it reportedly cost one attacker to compromise 100+ companies using AI agents.", "summary": "One attacker reportedly spent $50 per website to compromise more than 100 companies, mostly online shops, using AI agents, with each attack averaging under 23 hours and targeting persistent access to payment infrastructure. The figure, reported in an account of the campaign, puts a concrete cost on AI-enabled attacks that are usually described only vaguely.", "body_md": "Mostly online shops. Under 23 hours per attack on average. Target was persistent access to payment infrastructure. I’ve read a lot of “AI enables attackers” takes and most of them are vague. This one has a number attached, which makes it worth sitting with. Here’s what the number does. Targeted atta", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/50-per-website-thats-what-it-reportedly-cost-one-attacker-to-compromise-100-ai", "canonical_source": "https://aiflash.com/news/140804/", "published_at": "2026-10-27 22:16:45+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-27 22:42:28.653365+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": [], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/50-per-website-thats-what-it-reportedly-cost-one-attacker-to-compromise-100-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/50-per-website-thats-what-it-reportedly-cost-one-attacker-to-compromise-100-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/50-per-website-thats-what-it-reportedly-cost-one-attacker-to-compromise-100-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/50-per-website-thats-what-it-reportedly-cost-one-attacker-to-compromise-100-ai.jsonld"}}