{"slug": "akira-ransomware-scum-blocked-victim-s-security-tools-and-broke-their-own", "title": "Akira ransomware scum blocked victim's security tools – and broke their own encryptor", "summary": "Akira ransomware operators inadvertently broke their own file-encrypting malware while attempting to disable victims' security tools, according to a report from security firm SentinelOne. The self-inflicted flaw left encrypted files unrecoverable even if victims paid the ransom, undermining the gang's extortion scheme.", "body_md": "### MOST POPULAR\n\n[AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n-\nAI and ML\n\n#### Modular's Mojo programming language hits 1.0 milestone\n\nDevelopers await open source compiler release to dispel uncertainty following Qualcomm acquisition\n\n-\nOff-Prem\n\n#### Together AI embraces the competition with $240M IBM Cloud deal\n\nDeal to fund 'large' deployment of Nvidia's last-gen HGX B300 systems launching in Q1 2027\n\n-\nAi and ML\n\n#### Anthropic pledges to embed watermarks to help discern AI slop in sop to EU\n\nEU rules cited as reason for effort to trace AI output ancestry\n\n-\nAI and ML\n\n#### The future is for billionaires – the rest of us will get open weight AI models, maybe\n\nMark Zuckerberg muses about 'superintelligence' and 'arc of human civilization'\n\n-\nAI AND ML\n\n#### Zuck rekindles open weights Llama drama with Muse Glimmer\n\n30-billion parameter LLM, Meta's first in more than a year, signals Meta's return to the open weights arena. Open version of Muse Spark to follow\n\n[Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks\n\nPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack\n\nPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more\n\n-\nBlack Hat and DEF CON\n\n#### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure\n\nVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis\n\nWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified\n\n-\nMalware Month\n\n#### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight\n\nOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career\n\n[FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n-\n#### FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another\n\nWord up\n\n-\n#### GNOME can look like Windows – and Flashback can do it without extensions\n\nNew 'Simple-taskbar' is an option, but there's a simpler, stabler way\n\n-\n#### A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32\n\nNew Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15\n\n-\n#### Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites\n\nFlaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide\n\n-\n#### Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly\n\nJoins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan\n\n-\n#### Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it\n\nNext version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/akira-ransomware-scum-blocked-victim-s-security-tools-and-broke-their-own", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/research/2026/08/12/akira-ransomware-scum-blocked-victims-security-tools-and-broke-their-own-encryptor/5286515", "published_at": "2026-08-12 13:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-12 21:49:45.275945+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety"], "entities": ["Akira", "SentinelOne"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/akira-ransomware-scum-blocked-victim-s-security-tools-and-broke-their-own", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/akira-ransomware-scum-blocked-victim-s-security-tools-and-broke-their-own.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/akira-ransomware-scum-blocked-victim-s-security-tools-and-broke-their-own.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/akira-ransomware-scum-blocked-victim-s-security-tools-and-broke-their-own.jsonld"}}