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242 negotiations · 332 notes · snapshots Jul 06, 2026 / Jun 26, 2026

lockbit3.0 — Chat: *************48F187

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lockbit3.0
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LockBit 3.0, Victim

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  1. Message 001 From Victim Victim Date

    [Chat started]

  2. Message 002 From Victim Victim Date

    We got your note. Can we chat?

  3. Message 003 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    yes

  4. Message 004 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    The price of the decryptor and deletion of your data is $1,000,000 in bitcoins. 285gb of data was stolen. At the moment we haven't published your name to the blog to keep the attack secret, but if you don't pay we will fix it! We know who you are and how much you earn.

  5. Message 005 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    Soon we will send you a tree of stolen data

  6. Message 006 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    https://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/D3EEdan6%2FdiyCXs%2FnsDKr36E%2Bln%2B7ZqLrVELTtZeNCoC4nKryX7M8RCdOtsKYSYu

  7. Message 007 From Victim Victim Date

    Are you kidding me?!?! That's a crazy amount of money. What is the 285GB of data? Can you send it to me so I can review?

  8. Message 008 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    No, we're not laughing. Here you can download the stolen data tree. And screenshots of files and folders

  9. Message 009 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    Looked?

  10. Message 010 From Victim Victim Date

    we have the list and we are looking, we will have an answer soon.

  11. Message 011 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    What list are we talking about?! Hurry up! When will you pay??

  12. Message 012 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    If within 24 hours you do not clarify the negotiations, we will post about your company on our blog! And the attack will no longer be secret

  13. Message 013 From Victim Victim Date

    We're referring to the data tree and screenshots you sent us. Please have some patience here. There are a lot of moving parts right now and we need time to review, assess and bring our board up to speed on these matters. Please do not post us anywhere. We have a meeting coming up and your questions will be addressed soon.

  14. Message 014 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    How long will it take you?

  15. Message 015 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    We'll wait until the end of this week. If there is no progress in the negotiations, we will make a post about the attack

  16. Message 016 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    ???

  17. Message 017 From Victim Victim Date

    Progress is being made. This is not something we encounter everyday and are just making sure we are doing our due diligence. Please have patience. We likely wont be able to reach any agreements with you if you make a post about the attack.

  18. Message 018 From Victim Victim Date

    Please show us the following files from the list you sent us

  19. Message 019 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    You have to be more precise! We will not wait for you indefinitely. Since you yourself do not talk about deadlines, we have announced deadlines, and you must meet them! You have time until the end of this week. If there is no clear information on Monday, the post will be published!

  20. Message 020 From Victim Victim Date

    Budget$\2020.12.09 - Athletic Discount and Profitability Analysis by CFO Dave McConnell.pdf.....HResources\Faculty Sabbatical Tracking Sheet.xlsx.....HR-PayrollShare\Payroll Metrics_Planning 2021.xlsx.....Security\Supervisors\City Mutual Aid Agreement\OCU-OCPD Memo.pdf.....General Counsel\2019 Series Bonds\2021 S&P Ratings Call\S&P\Executive Committee Update 8-24-21.docx..... busoffice\Audit\2020-2021\000-FY2021 Audit Folder\Financial Stmts\OCU_21 FS_Final.pdf

  21. Message 021 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    OK. Now let's send!

  22. Message 022 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    https://www.sendspace.com/file/u288dg

  23. Message 023 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    Looked?

  24. Message 024 From Victim Victim Date

    Yes we have looked. We were skeptical at first but we now see that you have what you say you do. We want to meet to discuss, however, two of our senior members are on personal leaves of absence today. We will have our meeting Monday morning to catch them up and will contact you afterwards.

  25. Message 025 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    If you bring clarity to the negotiations on Monday, we will act more radically!

  26. Message 026 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    Time is running out. What did you decide?!

  27. Message 027 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    When will you pay?

  28. Message 028 From Victim Victim Date

    How are we suppose to get $1M? That isn't a fair amount here, it's not reasonable on our end. Our revenue doesn't reflect the amount of cash we have access to. Can you go to your boss and see if their is a discount?

  29. Message 029 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    I'm the boss. Pay! The price is not determined by chance, we have deliberately approved the redemption amount, and it is not discussed.

  30. Message 030 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    You ask us for a discount, but don't tell us how much you're willing to pay. Maybe we're talking about different amounts.

  31. Message 031 From Victim Victim Date

    We don't want this to take a long time. But we don't have that much money. We need a better price and then we can get this done.

  32. Message 032 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    Offer your price

  33. Message 033 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    ???

  34. Message 034 From Victim Victim Date

    We have been dealing with so much over here and are a little short-staffed right now. We went to the bank with your $1M demand and they pretty much laughed in our faces. They want us to come back on Monday with a lower number. We haven't offered anything because we truly don't know how much we can get in total. What is the biggest discount you can give us based on that and what we have said to you in the past? You seem to be in a rush here so let's please help each other.

  35. Message 035 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    There is no minimum and maximum discount. Start with how much money you're willing to pay! If our negotiations drag on, we will speed them up with the publication of a post about the attack.

  36. Message 036 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    And if you're also inactively carrying out negotiations, we can also speed them up by publishing them! Or doubling the price! Don't play games with us, we don't like it

  37. Message 037 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    It's in your best interest to bring active negotiations and prevent publication in the first place! So far, you're doing the opposite.

  38. Message 038 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    If payment is not received by the end of the week, we will publish a post on our blog!

  39. Message 039 From Victim Victim Date

    By the end of the week is when you want payment?! Based on how this is going no payment will be made if you publish our data tomorrow. The board has decided, as a whole, that we won't be paying anything if our name ends up on your blog. We've been working with you this whole time to make some progress so let's please not start making threats. At the top of the chat, it says we still have 16 days left. Please work with us not against us here.

  40. Message 040 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    Throughout the negotiations, we did not come to anything! A post will be published tomorrow as a timer, not the data. You negotiate for a very long time and not productively. You don't even try to negotiate a price, and you don't pay the price of the descript and deletion of the data! Speaking of the date at the top of the chat, after 16 days your decryptor will be deleted and you will never decrypt your data. And the stolen data will also be published! Keep in mind, these aren't just threats, we're keeping our promises.

  41. Message 041 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    When will you pay?

  42. Message 042 From Victim Victim Date

    We're waiting to hear from the bank, we're hoping they will be able to help us out here. Please remain calm, we want this over with as much as you do. I'm not sure what they will think of all this. So please, do not publish anything, not even our name tomorrow or else my boss won't want to pay anything. We need to see what the bank says about a loan as we don't have anything close to your demand on hand. If it were up to me you'd already have your money, but there are other factors in play here. It's not just a one man operation, similar to yours. We will give you an update after we hear from the bank. We're hoping they will give us an answer Monday. I'm sorry but not all the decisions are up to me.

  43. Message 043 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    ok

  44. Message 044 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    Ok, we'll wait until Monday.

  45. Message 045 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    ???

  46. Message 046 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    If today we do not hear from you a profitable offer - we will reveal the attack

  47. Message 047 From Victim Victim Date

    Hello, sorry for the delay. We got some responses and our meeting is happening tonight. We will be able to get you an decent offer tomorrow, so please keep an eye out for our response then.

  48. Message 048 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    OK. If this does not happen, the post will be published

  49. Message 049 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    Please pay attention to the date above the chat. On this day, your decryptor will be deleted and data recovery will be impossible!

  50. Message 050 From Victim Victim Date

    We are here. We apologize for not giving you an update yesterday but we already short staffed and could not make to the chat. Please do not reveal anything related to the attack to the public. We're working and juggling a lot to get everyone to get on board with a payment here. It has been tough for us to scramble funds together, but at this moment we have $25k on hand that we can send your way. Unfortunately the bank never got back to us about a loan amount, so we're still waiting to see if they will give us any amount. They aren't too happy about sending money to hackers. Is this something you would make a profit from? How much does it cost you to hack a company?

  51. Message 051 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    Do you seriously think that this is a decent amount? Is your data worth 25k? Our patience snapped. Wait for the blog post!

  52. Message 052 From Victim Victim Date

    $25K is what we have right now. We're just letting you know and trying to be transparent with you. Can you come down on your demand at all? This would help me convince some people to try and get more money. It would also show everyone that you're willing to work with us. We're not trying to upset you here, that's not our intention. Any post about us and we won't get approval to pay any amount so let's please work together.

  53. Message 053 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    We have already listened enough to your empty words. Post published

  54. Message 054 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    Why do you go to the chat? You said you wouldn't pay if the post ended up on a blog. So what is the purpose of the visit?

  55. Message 055 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    ?

  56. Message 056 From LockBit 3.0 Actor / other Date

    Have you looked at the stolen data?