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Researchers have documented a ransomware campaign that appears to be entirely AI-driven.
JadePuffer could be the first known case of an AI agent orchestrating a full attack chain.
The case underscores the urgency with which organizations must defend themselves.
Security researchers have identified JadePuffer, a ransomware campaign that they're calling the "first documented case of agentic ransomware." The entire operation is driven end-to-end by AI.
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What is JadePuffer and how does it work?
According to the cloud security firm Sysdig, JadePuffer uses a large language model (LLM) to handle the campaign without human intervention.
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