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12 Aug 2026, 9:00 PM	The Register	4.5	Akira ransomware scum blocked victim's security tools – and broke their own encryptor An Akira ransomware affiliate breached a victim via a SonicWall SSL VPN account that lacked MFA, then rebooted the machine into Safe Mode to kill security tools—but Safe Mode also broke the encryptor due to memory constraints. Huntress analyst James Northey warns this was a lucky break, not a reliable defense, since attackers could retool the encryptor to work in Safe Mode. Data and credentials were already exfiltrated before the encryption failed. Why: If you run a SonicWall SSL VPN or any VPN endpoint without MFA, you are the exact target profile described here—credential-spray attacks succeeded in seven minutes against an unprotected account. Enforce MFA on all VPN accounts now, and assume that even if encryption fails, attackers will still steal Active Directory data and file-share credentials before they leave. ransomware security vpn mfa incident-response

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12 Aug 2026, 9:00 PM

The Register

4.5

Akira ransomware scum blocked victim's security tools – and broke their own encryptor

An Akira ransomware affiliate breached a victim via a SonicWall SSL VPN account that lacked MFA, then rebooted the machine into Safe Mode to kill security tools—but Safe Mode also broke the encryptor due to memory constraints. Huntress analyst James Northey warns this was a lucky break, not a reliable defense, since attackers could retool the encryptor to work in Safe Mode. Data and credentials were already exfiltrated before the encryption failed.

Why: If you run a SonicWall SSL VPN or any VPN endpoint without MFA, you are the exact target profile described here—credential-spray attacks succeeded in seven minutes against an unprotected account. Enforce MFA on all VPN accounts now, and assume that even if encryption fails, attackers will still steal Active Directory data and file-share credentials before they leave.