AI Agent Bankrupted Their Operator While Trying to Scan DN42

Changelog: 2026-06-12: Replaced pronouns for the AI agent from "they" to "it". Thanks to AtLeast3Bytes in the comments for pointing this out. 2026-06-12: Slightly adjusted explanations about why I describe the operator as "bankrupted". Thanks to Hacker News discussion for pointing out this is unclear. An AI agent tried to join the DN42 hobbyist network to perform a network scan, and bankrupted its…