Author of "Oh Goody, the 'First Known AI-Powered Ransomware' Has Been Discovered, and It 'May Exfiltrate Data, " in PC Gamer
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The first known AI-powered ransomware, PromptLock, uses OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b model to generate malicious Lua scripts locally on infected devices, enabling it to exfiltrate data, encrypt files, and avoid detection by operating without internet connectivity.
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