Exposed AI hacking panels reveal criminals hunting cards and crypto

Security firm NorForge reported Monday that researchers found more than 20 openly accessible control panels used by criminals to run AI hacking campaigns, with targets including Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins. NorForge lead researcher Snorre Fagerland located the panels using Shodan and Censys; they displayed attack targets, vulnerabilities, stolen passwords and access keys, though NorForge withheld data and addresses. The findings follow Anthropic’s November 13 disclosure that a group it was highly confident was backed by the Chinese state used its Claude Code tool against about 30 targets in mid-September 2025, with the AI doing most of the work. Fagerland estimated one campaign cost about $5,000 in AI fees, or roughly $50 per site broken into.