Monday, 6 July, 2026
Rise of the Autonomous Extortionist: First End-to-End AI Ransomware Discovered
By TechShots Studio
Cybersecurity firm Sysdig has discovered "JadePuffer," the first autonomous AI ransomware agent capable of executing entire attacks without human intervention. The malware exploits vulnerabilities, scans for cloud credentials, and dynamically rewrites its own code to bypass obstacles. Crucially, it encrypts data and demands ransom, but fails to save the decryption key—leaving the targeted data permanently unrecoverable.
Read full story at TIMES OF INDIA