Smooth AI criminal drives 'first' end-to-end agentic ransomware attack

AI agent reportedly carried out an entire ransomware attack on its own

Security researchers say an autonomous AI agent carried out a complete ransomware attack, adapting to failures and executing the intrusion with minimal human intervention.

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Researchers say an AI agent just ran a ransomware attack from start to finish, with no human at the keyboard

Ransomware has always needed a skilled human somewhere in the loop. Security firm Sysdig says that just changed. It has documented what it calls the first ransomware attack run from start to finish by an AI agent, with no human at the keyboard. The researchers named the attacker JADEPUFFER, and say a large language model [] This story continues at The Next Web

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Security firm Sysdig says it has found what it believes is the first ransomware attack run from start to finish by an AI agent. Its Threat Research Team calls the operator JADEPUFFER and says a large language model handled the whole job: breaking in, stealing credentials, moving deeper into the network, then encrypting and wiping a company's production database. Ransomware has always