Security firm Sysdig says it found the first ransomware attack run entirely by an AI agent, no human at the keyboard. It broke in, spread, and encrypted 1,342 configs, then deleted the originals. It even threw away the key, so paying the ransom recovers nothing. aiweekly.co
"For the first time, a full ransomware attack ran with no human at the keyboard. Security firm Sysdig says an AI agent did the entire job by itself. They're calling it Jade Puffer. It broke in through a known bug, stole the credentials, spread across the network, and set up persistence. The full playbook on its own. When a login failed, it didn't wait for a human. It rewrote its own approach and was back in in 31 seconds. Then it encrypted 1,342 configuration files and deleted every original. And it locked everything with a key it immediately threw away. So even if you pay the ransom, the data is gone for good. Running an attack like this used to take real skill. Now it takes a prompt. AI Weekly. Follow for the AI stories that actually matter."
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Security firm Sysdig says it found the first ransomware attack run entirely by an AI agent, no human at the keyboard. It broke in, spread, and encrypted 1,342 configs, then deleted the originals. It even threw away the key, so paying the ransom recovers nothing. aiweekly.co