--- title: Smooth AI criminal drives 'first' end-to-end agentic... description: A report covers what is described as the first end-to-end agentic ransomware attack, where an AI agent autonomously drives the entire ransomware lifecycle. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/smooth-ai-criminal-drives-first-end-to-end-agentic-ransomware-attack-x9zqzjc15 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Smooth AI criminal drives 'first' end-to-end agentic ransomware attack | daily.dev og:description: A report covers what is described as the first end-to-end agentic ransomware attack, where an AI agent autonomously drives the entire ransomware lifecycle. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/smooth-ai-criminal-drives-first-end-to-end-agentic-ransomware-attack-x9zqzjc15 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/X9zQZJc15.png og:image:alt: Smooth AI criminal drives 'first' end-to-end agentic ransomware attack og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Smooth AI criminal drives 'first' end-to-end agentic ransomware attack **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A report covers what is described as the first end-to-end agentic ransomware attack, where an AI agent autonomously drives the entire ransomware lifecycle. The piece warns that victims should not rely on the LLM to return data even after paying a ransom, highlighting new risks posed by AI-powered cybercrime. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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