{"slug": "attacker-compromised-105-retail-sites-using-ai-tools-at-25-per-target", "title": "Attacker compromised 105+ retail sites using AI tools at $25 per target", "summary": "A single attacker compromised 27 of 105 online retailers over five days using open-source AI harnessing frameworks at an average cost of $25 per target, according to CSO Online and The Register. The Register reported the same attacker also targeted a Fortune 500 hospitality company and a major US airline, with the low barrier to entry showing how readily available open-source AI tools enable attacks on e-commerce infrastructure.", "body_md": "# Attacker compromised 105+ retail sites using AI tools at $25 per target\n\nAccording to CSO Online and The Register, a single attacker compromised 27 of 105 online retailers over five days using open-source AI harnessing frameworks at an average cost of $25 per target. The low barrier to entry demonstrates how readily available open-source AI tools enable attacks against e-commerce infrastructure, with The Register reporting the attacker also targeted a Fortune 500 hospitality company and major US airline.\n\n## Topics\n\n## Sources\n\n- Press[CSO Online](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4226861/ai-tools-help-hacker-break-in-for-25-per-target.html)\n- Press[The Register](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/25/crook-used-three-open-source-agents-to-break-into-a-fortune-500-hospitality-company-a-major-us-airline-and-25+-other-orgs/5299012)\n\n## Go deeper\n\nThis intelligence is sourced automatically from public sources across the web and synthesised by the Prefactor AI pipeline. Stories are reviewed before publication.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/attacker-compromised-105-retail-sites-using-ai-tools-at-25-per-target", "canonical_source": "https://www.getreadyforagents.com/news/ai-attacks-retail-sites-25-per-compromise/", "published_at": "2026-09-26 20:06:06+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-26 20:29:25.089802+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-agents", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["CSO Online", "The Register", "Prefactor AI"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/attacker-compromised-105-retail-sites-using-ai-tools-at-25-per-target", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/attacker-compromised-105-retail-sites-using-ai-tools-at-25-per-target.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/attacker-compromised-105-retail-sites-using-ai-tools-at-25-per-target.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/attacker-compromised-105-retail-sites-using-ai-tools-at-25-per-target.jsonld"}}