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New ENCFORGE Ransomware Targets AI Model Files in Langflow Attack

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Hacker News ·

Researchers at Sysdig linked a second attack on a Langflow server to JADEPUFFER, an AI-agent-driven operator. The operator deployed ENCFORGE, a Go ransomware that encrypts model weights, vector indexes, and training datasets. The attack highlights growing threats to AI infrastructure files.

Meridian48 take
The targeting of AI model files underscores a shift in ransomware tactics, but the attack's reliance on a previously compromised server suggests limited novelty beyond the file type focus.
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