Autonomous AI Agents Are Breaking into Online Retailers
Gambit Security's Threat Intelligence team recovered the operator's staging server and reconstructed the campaign from it. Between 10 and 15 September alone, 105 attack projects were launched and at least 27 companies were compromised to varying degrees. The activity goes back to July 2026 and is still running.Three AI harnesses ran almost the entire attack chain autonomously, working up to tens of companies a day.
- ▪Gambit Security's Threat Intelligence team recovered the operator's staging server and reconstructed the campaign from it.
- ▪Between 10 and 15 September alone, 105 attack projects were launched and at least 27 companies were compromised to varying degrees.
- ▪The activity goes back to July 2026 and is still running.Three AI harnesses ran almost the entire attack chain autonomously, working up to tens of companies a day.
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| Original publisher | Gambit |
| Canonical URL | https://gambit.security/blog-posts/autonomous-ai-agents-online-retailers-25-a-company |
| Publication time | Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:00:20 +0000 |
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