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First AI-powered ransomware spotted, but it's not active – yet

Tuesday August 26, 2025. 11:24 PM , from TheRegister
Oh, look, a use case for OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b model
ESET malware researchers Anton Cherepanov and Peter Strycek have discovered what they describe as the 'first known AI-powered ransomware,' which they named PromptLock. …
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