Researcher Releases GPU-Powered Akira Ransomware Decryption Tool

A security researcher developed and released a decryption tool for the infamous Akira ransomware strain, using GPU to solve the deciphering key.

GPU-powered Akira decryption tool

Cybersecurity expert Yohanes Nugroho recently developed a tool that uses GPU computational power to generate the decryption key that unlocks files ciphered by Akira ransomware.

Upon studying the ransomware strain, Nugroho noticed that it uses timestamps to generate encryption keys. This discovery led Nugroho to beli