hello? there was a readme.txt file with instructions to come to this site. can you please explain what is going on? the files have .dragonforce_encrypted on the end of them and are not opening.

what is this? a list of the files? what do you mean by 'lost'? were they deleted?

okay. so in addition to scrambling the files, you also stole files? are the files from this list (the files you stole) still on my computers?

all the filenames are scrambled so i don't know what files are what. for proof you can unscramble them, you say you need a certain file type, but i have no idea what files are what on my side.

what do you want from me??

i will try to guess and find the right files to decode. without the filenames, i simply won't know for sure. can you explain why you attacked me and what you want?

i think i understand all of that. but what do you want from me?

here are 3 files from the list you sent me.

1) [Redacted]20190304.xlsx

2) [Redacted].msg

3) [Redacted]23-24.pptx

does the list of files you sent show all the files you took?

i have 3 small scrambled files from a windows computer. i have no idea what files they are, but are from a folder that shouldn't have anything important. how do i give these to you to prove to me that you can fix them?

how do i get back to that step?

okay. i put 1 of the files through

What negotiatons? I asked what you want and all you say is money. I'm not sure what I'm missing or should do at this point. I am waiting for you to tell me what you want.

I know you have my files. You already proved this. What do you want?

We are talking through everything and trying to process next steps. Can you confirm for us what we would get if we were to pay you?

We are meeting next week with finance to see how much we can pay. I'll be back after the weekend. Thanks

We are meeting about this now and we simply don't understand why you are asking for so much. Your price is just so high that we honestly don't see anything we can do on our end. We know you have all of our files and know exactly how much money we have, but why ask for more money than you know we have? Paying you seems impossible at such a high amount.

We are a public school. Our "income" isn't normal income like a company. We don't generate revenue and don't have income. We operate on a strict and tight budget.

For that, we are appreciative. I don't mean to be disrespectful or unappreciative, but we just don't have the budget for a massive expense like this. You have all of our documents and can see this. Our athletic department doesn't even have the funds to travel to away sporting events so they are trying to raise funds with bake sales and car washes.

Listen, I don't want to waste your time. Can you let me know the lowest amount you would be willing to accept so we can see if a payment is even possible?

Okay. We will review the budget and see how much funding we can allocate to this, but please be aware that it won't be much. We also would like to arrive at a mutual agreement. I'll be back

We think we can pay something around $80,000

No, not a typo. We can't offer what we don't have. Anything you can do to make this work?

We can't commit to anything before we take a closer look at our budget. This is a really large amount for us so we can't act on it instantly. Can we get back to you by the end of the week?

Thanks

Good morning. We've been meeting and working on this for a few days now and the most we are able to afford to pay is still $80,000. We are a public school and simply don't have the budget for something like this. That said, we are trying to get an appointment to meet with the State Education Board to see about obtaining an emergency grant. Due to the Jewish holiday, we won't be able to get an appointment until after the weekend. I know you've been very patient with us so far, so all I ask right now is that you continue to remain patient so we can meet after the weekend to try to get the funds to pay you. Is this okay?

On Monday, I hope to know when we'll be able to meet with the State BOE. I'll let you know when we'll be able to meet with them. I know for any emergency funding requests, there's a vote that needs to take place and it could take a few days to be approved after the initial meeting.

My guess is we'll meet on Tuesday or Wednesday and hopefully by Friday we should get approved, or at least have a good idea of when we'll be approved.

Thank you. I know the timing isn't ideal for either of us, but I appreciate your patience.

Good morning, I have good news. We have an appointment to meet with the State Board of Education on Wednesday. They are aware of the situation and that we will request emergency funding. After the meeting on Wednesday, I will be back to let you know how it went.

Good news! We got an appointment to meet with the State BOE to explain the situation and to request emergency funding. We will meet with them on Friday afternoon. They said that they'll have to vote on the measure of the emergency funding request during their next closed-door session, which will happen on Thursday, October 17th in the morning. Once the voting is done, they will let us know right away and then I'll be back here to let you know.

I know that's not until next week, but we'll just have to be patient because they are the only ones who can help. In the meantime, can you please explain in detail how the payment process works?

Okay. We will start looking into that now. I'll be back after the vote next Thursday, the 17th. Once you have a bitcoin address for us to use, please provide it.