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# Researchers document JadePuffer, the first known "agentic ransomware", which adapts in real time and retries steps to execute an end-to-end extortion operation (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

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**Published:** July 6, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.techmeme.com/260706/p1#a260706p1  

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## Overview

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Researchers document JadePuffer, the first known &ldquo;agentic ransomware&rdquo;, which adapts in real time and retries steps to execute an end-to-end extortion operation &mdash; Researchers identified what they believe is the first documented case of a ransomware operation, JadePuffer &hellip;

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