The US Department of the Treasury this week sanctioned First VPN Service, saying it enabled cybercriminals to launch ransomware attacks against American companies and institutions. The Office of Foreign Assets Control,

JadePuffer, a ransomware operation, used an AI agent to carry out much of the intrusion chain from reconnaissance, key theft, database encryption and even ransom note generation.

Following a massive Europol takedown in May, the US Treasury has officially sanctioned the administrators behind First VPN, a service favored by ransomware groups to hide their tracks.

Researchers at Sysdig say they found "a warning sign" of where ransomware attacks are heading.

The first AI agent ran a ransomware attack end to end, signaling a shift to machine-speed cyberattacks and autonomous defense.

Government organizations are targeted by attackers who know agencies cannot afford disruption to public services

An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn't quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week's headlines suggested.