AI Agent Carries Out Ransomware Attack in Possible Cybercrime First

Дата публикации: 07-07-2026 05:26:32

A ransomware operation tracked as JadePuffer may be one of the clearest signs yet that autonomous AI agents are moving from theory into real-world cybercrime. According to cloud security firm Sysdig, JadePuffer used a large language model agent to conduct much of the ransomware attack chain on its own, including reconnaissance, credential theft, lateral movement, persistence, privilege escalation, and data encryption. The most important part was not that the attack used new techniques. It was...

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