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Akira, LimeWire, and the Sour Taste of Data Exfiltration

infohuntressPublished 2026-06-12

A recent investigation uncovered an Akira affiliate abusing a website owned by file-sharing app LimeWire for data exfiltration. Here's how the attack unfolded.

Original source: https://www.huntress.com/blog/akira-ransomware-limewire-data-exfiltration