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Aug 27 2025 Experimental PromptLock ransomware uses AI to encrypt, steal data

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Threat researchers discovered the first AI-powered ransomware, called PromptLock, that uses Lua scripts to steal and encrypt data on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. [...]

Posted by Bill Toulas on Wed 27 August 2025 in BleepingComputer.

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