What is Akira?
Akira is a new family of ransomware, first used in cybercrime attacks in March 2023.
Akira? Haven’t we heard of that before?
Maybe you’re thinking of the cyberpunk Manga comic books and movie that came out in the 1980s. Or perhaps you’re thinking of an unrelated ransomware of the same name which emerged in 2017.
Maybe that’s it. So what’s the scoop with the new Akira ransomware?
There’s two main reasons why the new Akira ransomware has is capturing the headlines – the organisations it is said to be extorting, and its curious data leak site.
Okay, so one thing at a time. Who is Akira holding to ransom?
According to announcements Akira’s leak website on the dark web, the ransomware has already hit a variety of organisations in the finance, real estate, and manufacturing sectors as well as a children’s daycare centre.
Why would someone try to extort money from a children’s daycare centre?
That’s simple to answer. Money. Most of the criminals behind ransomware attacks have no scruples whatsoever as to who they attempt to coerce into paying up. In their eyes it makes no difference if you run a hospice, a children’s school, a charity, or a big multinational business. Of course, at the same time we must recognise that many ransomware attacks simply do not discriminate between their victims. The daycare centre in Toronto that has been hit by the Akira ransomware may not have been specifically targeted – it may have simply just been the victim of misfortune.
So when the malicious hackers break into your company’s systems, what do they do?
Before triggering the Akir ..
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