August 16, 2026

New ransomware targets AI model weights and can't even collect the ransom

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The same attacker broke into the same internet-facing Langflow server twice, and the second time brought ransomware built to destroy trained AI models. Sysdig's Threat Research Team documented the first campaign on July 1 and the second on July...