Ransomware negotiation(s) with
akira
We would like to un-encrypt our files
Hello. You've reached Akira support chat. Currently, we are preparing the list of data we took from your network. For now you have to know that dealing with us is the best possible way to settle this quick and cheap. Keep in touch and be patient with us. We will reach out to you soon. Do you have a permission to conduct a negotiation on behalf of your organization? Once we get a response you will be provided with all the details.
These files were taken from your network prior to encryption. You can pick 2-3 random files from the list and we will upload them to this chat as a proof of possession. To prove that we can properly decrypt your data you can upload 2-3 encrypted files to our chat and we will upload decrypted copies back.
[redacted].jpg.akira // 135 KB
[redacted].jpg.akira // 328 KB
[redacted].jpg.akira // 136 KB
We upload them decrypted soon.
Here are the decrypted files. Do you need files for proof?
So, we've gone through your files to define your financial abilities. We've been looking through your bank statements, net income, cyber liability limits, financial audits - all the info that might help us calculate our demand to you. We're willing to set a $250,000 price for ALL the services we offer: 1) full decryption assistance;
2) evidence of data removal;
3) security report on vulnerabilities we found;
4) guarantees not to publish or sell your data;
5) guarantees not to attack you in the future. Let me know whether you're interested in a whole deal or in parts. This will affect the final price.
Can you please send us these files from the list that you sent?
[redacted].xlsx [redacted].csv [redacted].pdf [redacted].pdf [redacted].XLS [redacted].pptx
Sure. We will provide them soon.
Here are the files you can review. We asked for 2-3 files and are giving you back 4 of 6.
Are you ready to proceed to payment details?
Hello. Will you have a deal with us or we can move to announcing your leak? Let us know.
Thank you for the unlocked files and the files from the list that we requested. We have been reviewing everything and discussing our next steps and the truth of the matter is that we don’t have 250,000 just lying around to send to you. What is the best number you can provide so that we can resolve this as quickly as possible?
What is your counter offer?
All we have on hand at the moment is 25,000 USD that we can send. Is there any way that you can provide us a number that we can maybe work with given what we have currently? At least we can then see if it’s doable to gather any more. We don’t think there’s anyway that we are going to be able to get close to the 250,000 number, but we are trying to gather as much as we can.
10% of our demand? Are you sure? We will post your data and delete this chat later if you don't reconsider this modest offer within 24 hours.
I’m sorry. I appreciate that you feel $25,000 is not acceptable. We do want your services, and we are trying to gather what we can. However, getting capital together is extremely difficult as awe are not a high cashflow business. We may be able to generate a bit more, but I’m not sure. Can you provide us with a more reasonable number given our financial situation? Can you accept $50,000?
No we can't. Only 6 figure amount will be considered and at the moment it is $225,000.
We appreciate the reduction, but the truth of the matter is that we still don't have 225,000. We are still trying to find funds anywhere we can, but our bank is going to want to know exactly where the money is going and they won't allow us to use the funds for something like this. Our only option is to try and gather the funds elsewhere. With that being said, we are actively trying to gather more, but is 225,000 your absolute best number?
If your next step will be above six number sum, I'll ask my team if there any additional discount possible.
Thank you for the consideration. My team is working on seeing what more we can do. At the moment I’ve only been able to pull together $75k. We just Need more time.
Hello, we've been working on this all weekend and here's what we've been able to do, we can come up to the 6 figure number and offer 100,000, but this is all we will probably have for quite some time. PLease consider our offer and let's gt a deal done.
The upper management has decided to provide you with $30,000 discount coming down to $220,000 amount. You can handle this sum with no harm to your business, let's get this over.
While we appreciate the further reduction, we simply don't have that much onhand and it's going to take quite some time to get any more than we currently have.
We are really wanting to get this done quickly, but we simply don't have what you are asking for and we don't know where or how we are going to get any more than the 100,000 that we've offered. We've used up all of our sources of cash. We can send you all of this now, but I don't know when or if we'll have anymore.
You still have time until Friday to get more funds. Let's see what you will get and decide how to continue our deal.
We are still trying to raise further funds, but we aren't having a lot of luck. We'll let you know where we are at tomorrow.
Ok, so we now have 150,000 and just want to get this done and behind us. THis is basically splitting the difference between your price and our's. Please consider our offer, help us out, and let us get on with our business. THanks for your consideration
The leadership has agreed to accept your offer. Here is the BTC wallet ID for payment: [redacted]
How soon are you going to fund our wallet?
We are getting the approvals from our bank first and then we will be ready to send the payment. The unfortunate part is that it's the weekend and our bank may not respond until Monday. We will get the request in and let you know once we are sending the funds.
Waiting for an update on Monday.
Payment has been sent to your wallet. Can you confirm and send us what we agreed to pay for?
We confirm the receipt. Please wait for the items.
unlocker.exe -p="path_to_unlock"
unlocker.exe -s="C:\paths.txt"
where "paths.txt" is a list of paths for the decryptor, each path on a new line
same arguments work with the esxi decryptor
We will send the rest withing 24 hours.
This information is provided by Valéry Marchive
