Get the latest tech news

Developer breaks Akira ransomware encryption in hours using cloud GPUs | Local GPU power was not enough to quickly recover the encrypted files

Yohanes Nugroho, an Indonesian programmer who works on personal coding projects in his spare time, developed a "decryptor" for the Akira ransomware. The tool employs a novel...

Yohanes Nugroho, an Indonesian programmer who works on personal coding projects in his spare time, developed a "decryptor" for the Akira ransomware. The tool employs a novel approach to solve a complex mathematical problem, exploiting the high parallelism of modern GPUs to test millions of key combinations in a very short timeframe. Nugroho notes that the GeForce RTX 4090 would be an excellent choice for decrypting files compromised by Akira ransomware, thanks to its high number of CUDA cores and relatively low rental price.

Get the Android app