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JadePuffer Returns With Ransomware Designed to Wipe AI Models

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JadePuffer Returns With Ransomware Designed to Wipe AI Models

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JadePuffer Returns With Ransomware Designed to Wipe AI Models

JadePuffer has launched a follow-up campaign deploying ENCFORGE, a ransomware variant designed to target and destroy artificial intelligence (AI) model artifacts. The locker represents an evolution in the group's tactics, focusing on infrastructure components critical to AI operations rather than traditional data encryption.

Why it matters: Organizations running AI systems face a new threat vector: adversaries can now damage or destroy trained models and associated infrastructure, disrupting AI-dependent processes and forcing costly retraining or recovery efforts.

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