Ransomware negotiation(s) with
akira
I don't see anything. Does this work?
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. 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.
User Data\[redacted].docx
You can review. If you want to test our decryption tool, provide 2-3 encrypted files asap.
[redacted].csv.akira // 634 Bytes
Here are two encrypted files
[redacted].bat.akira // 9.63 KB
You can review the files.
We're looking through your files to calculate a fair demand to you. I will let you know the sum shortly. 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 we see the full price? We may not need everything but knowing the full amount will be helpful.
We're willing to set a $220,000 price for ALL the services listed above. Let me know how you'd like to proceed.
The decryptors will cost you $150,000, the evidence of data removal is $150,000 as well. We will give you the report for free in case you will purchase any of two mentioned options. The full package is always cheaper as you can see.
Can you confirm if that file list that you shared is a complete list of everything that you took?
We do confirm that the list indicates everything we've obtained.
We are still talking about this since we have never thought this type of thing would happen to us. Can we have the Easter weekend to think about it and then we can continue on Monday?
Yes you can but we will wait for you on Monday with an offer we can't refuse.
We are back. We had a lot of discussion today around what we can afford and what we are looking to obtain from you, and we are willing to offer $42,500 in hopes of having you delete the data that you took from us. We aren't a big credit union so we are hopeful that we can resolve this with you.
Thanks for the offer but as you see you are too far from us at the moment. We can come towards you but you need to understand that we won't close the case for less than 6 figure sum. I'll wait for a better offer from to be able to discuss it with my leadership.
6 figures is a lot for us, but we will check to see what we can do. What is the best price you can offer us?
We've already given you the best price. Raise your offer and we will end this incident finally.
We're willing to accept $100,000 the lowest. You can go back and forth but we will not go any lower.
We appreciate that. Can we have some time to discuss this? This is going to be a pretty heavy decision on our side, but we will try to keep you updated
We hope to get this over with before the weekend. Standing by.
Okay, with some approvals from our board, we are able increase our offer to $55,250. We understand that you said $100,000 is the lowest, but we really are looking for you to work with us here.
You have to come closer to our demand if you want to resolve this. All I can do is $95,000.
We won't be able to see about being able to increase what we can pay until Monday at the earliest. We can get back to you then.
Waiting for your reply on Monday. Not later.
Okay we have been able to come closer to your amount, but it's still unattainable for us. We can offer you $62,000 and to be honest we don't believe that we will be able to really increase it anymore from here. We are tapping into all of our resources for you right now.
Hello. We appreciate this step on your part. We can't accept $62k but we're willing to come down to $90,000 and get this resolved finally.
$90,000 is going to be quite the challenge for us to get to. We are going to update the board with your new price, but we don't know what they will be able to do to come up with the remainder. Can you give us a day or two to try to figure this out. We want this situation to be put behind us so hopefully we have an update sooner rather than later.
You have 24 hours to give us your decision regarding this deal. If you stay silent, we will announce the breach on our blog.
We are still here. It has been difficult to come up with more money. We expect an update end of day Friday though
We have to agree to the sum before Friday. We will either come to an agreement this week or will cancel the deal. Hope you're interested in a win-win resolution.
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