
There’s a new ransomware player in town, targeting big businesses and demanding even bigger payouts from its victims.
The group, called Akira, was discovered by the MalwareHunterTeam, who discovered a sample of the encryptor and shared it with BleepingComputer. As per the researchers, Akira was launched in March 2023, and has since (by its own claims) raided 16 companies.