JadePuffer returns with ransomware built to target AI models and infrastructure

JadePuffer, the threat actor behind the recently documented extortion operation executed end-to-end by an AI agent, is now attempting to leverage ENCFORGE, novel ransomware created to target AI and machine learning (ML) infrastructure. The extortion contact embedded in the ransomware is the same one Sysdig researchers found when analyzing that prior campaign. “This is the same operator with a materially upgraded toolkit,” they noted.