Negotiations with the Akira ransomware group: an ill-advised approach

approach - DataBreaches.Net

@Chum1ng0 took a look at four victims of Akira and what happened in terms of negotiations or not. In translation:

After a detailed analysis, we identified four chats from different companies that attempted to communicate with Akira after being attacked. Some of these companies were still listed as victims on the group’s website.

Days after the failed negotiations, in which no financial agreement was reached, data from these companies was published on the Akira leak site, hosted on the Dark Web—an unindexed part of the internet, accessible only through specialized browsers like Tor, where cybercriminals often share stolen information.…