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#8 BleepingComputer general September 23, 2026 at 16:20 UTC

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

By Bill Toulas

AI Summary

A financially motivated threat actor is leveraging open-source AI agent frameworks to compromise online retail sites at scale, injecting payment card skimmers across 100+ sites and stealing more than 600,000 credit card records. The AI-assisted attack automation represents a significant escalation in Magecart-style campaign reach and speed. E-commerce security teams should audit third-party script integrity and CSP configurations urgently.

Relevance score: 82.0/100

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