JadePuffer Agentic Attacks Now Target AI Model Data with Ransomware

JadePuffer, an actor leveraging autonomous AI agents, has developed EncForge, a ransomware tool engineered to discover, exfiltrate, and encrypt AI assets (model checkpoints, training datasets, vector DBs and MLOps artifacts). EncForge uses modern cryptography and a double-extortion model, enabling rapid, scalable attacks against poorly backed-up AI infrastructure; the report outlines indicators (ENCFORGE_README.txt, appended file markers), detection signals, affected sectors, and concrete hardening and incident-response recommendations.