Decryption tool for Akira ransomware available for free

There’s good news for any business which has fallen victim to the Akira ransomware. Security researchers at anti-virus company Avast have developed a free decryption tool for files that have been encrypted since the Akira ransomware first emerged in March 2023. The ransomware has been blamed for a number of high profile attacks – including ones against universities, financial institutions, and even a daycare centre for children. Organisations hit by the Akira ransomware soon realise that they have a problem – many of their data files have been renamed to add the extension .akira, their…