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Sysdig says JADEPUFFER may be the first agentic ransomware case, exposing how AI agents can turn old credential failures into database destruction. JADEPUFFER is a warning about exposed AI ...

Sysdig says JADEPUFFER used CVE-2025-3248 in Langflow to automate intrusion, credential theft, encryption, and data wipe.

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Nothing broke, so I never looked.

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