Akira ransomware
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Akira (ransomware) is a malware which emerged in March 2023. It targeted over 250 entities including: US energy firm BHI Energy, Nissan Australia, the Finnish IT services provider Tietoevry, and Stanford University. The group has also claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack on the Toronto Zoo, though the zoo has not linked the incident to any particular threat actor. Akira is offered as ransomware-as-a-service.
Akira is estimated to have earned up to $42 million from its inception in March 2023, until April 2024.
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- Akira (ransomware) - Wikipedia
- Decrypting files encrypted by Akira ransomware with multiple GPUs | GeekNews
- Github - yohanes/akira-bruteforce - Source code used in the recovery process
- Malware/Akira/Akira_samples.txt at main · rivitna/Malware - Ransomware sample hashes
- [Original] Decrypting Encrypted files from Akira Ransomware (Linux/ESXI variant 2024) using a bunch of GPUs – Tinyhack.com