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JadePuffer - the AI that ran a ransomware attack all by itself

Smashing Security by Graham Cluley, Carole Theriault

Jul 8, 202646:27Technology

A 15-year-old boy asked a chatbot for help - and cancelled nearly 47,000 anime streaming subscriptions in under four hours. Meanwhile, researchers have documented the first fully autonomous, agentic AI-driven ransomware...

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JadePuffer - the AI that ran a ransomware attack all by itself is an episode from Smashing Security by Graham Cluley, Carole Theriault. A 15-year-old boy asked a chatbot for help - and cancelled nearly 47,000 anime streaming subscriptions i...

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Published Jul 8, 2026, 46:27 long, audio available.