JADEPUFFER is the first agentic ransomware operation and it exposes old security sins at machine speed

Security researchers have identified JADEPUFFER as the first known ransomware operation executed by an autonomous agent rather than a human operator. The attack successfully utilized a language model to infiltrate systems, harvest credentials, and delete databases without manual intervention. This incident demonstrates that AI-driven automation can now exploit long-standing security vulnerabilities at machine speed, significantly reducing the time available for human defenders to detect or block unauthorized activity.