Threat actor
JadePuffer
Last fetched
JadePuffer is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques and also known as 2 other names.
Also known as
Storm-3168, JADEPUFFER
Description
JADEPUFFER is an agentic threat actor that executed a fully autonomous ransomware operation, leveraging a Large Language Model to automate the entire attack chain from initial access to data destruction. It exploited CVE-2025-3248 against an exposed Langflow instance for initial access, then compromised MinIO using default credentials and manipulated MySQL for privilege escalation. The operation culminated in the encryption of over 1,300 configuration records in Nacos, with the encryption key lost, rendering the data unrecoverable. JADEPUFFER exemplifies a shift towards machine-speed extortion, where traditional security models are outpaced by automated threats.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for JadePuffer in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to JadePuffer today — this states the absence of a published link, not that JadePuffer has no infrastructure.
References
- https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-encforge-ransomware-targets-ai.html
- https://krypt3ia.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/threat-intelligence-report-jadepuffer-agentic-ransomware-and-automated-extortion/
- https://nsfocusglobal.com/ai-security-incident-jadepuffer-ransomware-leverages-ai-agent-to-automate-attacks/
- https://securereading.com/jadepuffer-ai-ransomware-autonomous-llm-attack/
- https://socfortress.medium.com/jadepuffer-the-dawn-of-agentic-ransomware-operations-003a59848007
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/09/25/storm-3168-agentic-driven-cloud-attacks-using-compromised-service-principals/
- https://www.sysdig.com/blog/jadepuffer-evolves-the-agentic-threat-actor-deploys-ransomware-built-to-destroy-ai-models
- https://www.sysdig.com/blog/jadepuffer-agentic-ransomware-for-automated-database-extortion
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Related pages
Pivot from JadePuffer into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.