Researchers flag code that uses AI systems to carry out ransomware attacks

The malware, called PromptLock, essentially functions as a hard-coded prompt injection attack on a large language model, inspecting local filesystems, exfiltrating files and encrypting data.

First seen on cyberscoop.com

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