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Finland warns of Akira ransomware wiping NAS and tape backup devices

ID: dae4f0b4-4991-5d37-849e-2e15da5e300e

STIX ID: report--dae4f0b4-4991-5d37-849e-2e15da5e300e

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
80/100

Date Published: 2024-01-11

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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The Finnish NCSC warns of an active Akira ransomware campaign in December that exploited CVE-2023-20269 in Cisco ASA/FTD VPNs to breach networks, steal credentials, map environments, and meticulously wipe backups (including NAS and tape) before encrypting systems; the agency urges use of offline/3-2-1 backups and patching to Cisco ASA 9.16.2.11 / FTD 6.6.7+.

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