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An AI agent just ran a full ransomware attack with no human at the keyboard

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Sysdig documented JadePuffer, the first ransomware attack fully executed by an AI agent without human input. The AI exploited a Langflow flaw, moved laterally, encrypted 1,342 config items, and fixed a login issue autonomously, but never saved the decryption key, preventing recovery.

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