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REvil — 20210617

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Actor
REvil
Record date
Jun 17, 2021
Messages
67
Participants
REvil, Victim

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  1. Message 001 From Victim Victim Date

    hi

  2. Message 002 From Victim Victim Date

    can you open these files?

  3. Message 003 From Victim Victim Date

    your note says you have our files in "secure offline storage", what files do you actually have?

  4. Message 004 From REvil Actor / other Date

    Hi

  5. Message 005 From REvil Actor / other Date

    proof-

  6. Message 006 From Victim Victim Date

    this is everything you have?

  7. Message 007 From REvil Actor / other Date

    about 5 GB of files with your recipes, customer data and much more

  8. Message 008 From REvil Actor / other Date

    file

  9. Message 009 From REvil Actor / other Date

    file

  10. Message 010 From Victim Victim Date

    Thanks for this. Is there any chance you can send more files? Asking for $120k and only showing 6 files is not really convincing the owners

  11. Message 011 From REvil Actor / other Date

    as we said, this is a small part of the data, we will not discard all the data that we have. But after payment we will delete all copies of the data

  12. Message 012 From Victim Victim Date

    Thank you for sharing these files too. Do you allow any kind of discount for payment?

  13. Message 013 From REvil Actor / other Date

    15% discount max

  14. Message 014 From Victim Victim Date

    So $102,000? This is the lowest price?

  15. Message 015 From REvil Actor / other Date

    Yes

  16. Message 016 From Victim Victim Date

    We have a meeting coming up in a few hours to figure out what we can offer. I will update you after that

  17. Message 017 From REvil Actor / other Date

    we dont need to know how much you offer - you already see price

  18. Message 018 From Victim Victim Date

    We dont have $102k today and we wont have it tomorrow. I still want our files back so I am trying to find a solution.

  19. Message 019 From REvil Actor / other Date

    then you need to collect it

  20. Message 020 From Victim Victim Date

    Well we need time to see what can happen. Everything is closed for the weekend so can you push this clock a few more days?

  21. Message 021 From REvil Actor / other Date

    Is 2 days enough for you?

  22. Message 022 From Victim Victim Date

    Can we get until Tuesday to sort this out?

  23. Message 023 From REvil Actor / other Date

    to much time - we can expend timer only until monday

  24. Message 024 From Victim Victim Date

    Can you at least extend it to the end of the day tomorrow? Everything is closed since it's the weekend and we won't be able to get anything done until tomorrow.

  25. Message 025 From REvil Actor / other Date

    ok

  26. Message 026 From Victim Victim Date

    Thanks, the timer expired it seems but I will get back to you later this afternoon

  27. Message 027 From Victim Victim Date

    The amount you're asking from us given our size and revenue is just way off base and we're struggling to see how this number was determined. Obviously you got into our systems and got some of our files, but we can't make this large of a payment. I can honestly pay you $8,775 and even that is really stretching it

  28. Message 028 From REvil Actor / other Date

    dont waste our time

  29. Message 029 From Victim Victim Date

    How am I wasting your time? This is a real offer. Our revenue has been down 70% since last year, we don't have the ability to pay over $100k

  30. Message 030 From REvil Actor / other Date

    We are not interested in this. We have indicated the amount for you. Your proposal sounds stupid. If you are not willing to pay more. bye

  31. Message 031 From Victim Victim Date

    We both know we're not able to pay $100k. What is a better price that we can work toward? I can't shell out 6 figures, we will lose our business

  32. Message 032 From REvil Actor / other Date

    90k our last price

  33. Message 033 From REvil Actor / other Date

    not lower

  34. Message 034 From Victim Victim Date

    That's a really big gap between what we have vs. 90k. I'll need a few days to get my finances in order and see if we can make something work

  35. Message 035 From REvil Actor / other Date

    ok

  36. Message 036 From REvil Actor / other Date

    news?

  37. Message 037 From Victim Victim Date

    I'm not even close to $90k yet, but looking into something tomorrow. I will update you tomorrow okay?

  38. Message 038 From REvil Actor / other Date

    ok

  39. Message 039 From Victim Victim Date

    Could you please send a couple more example files of the data you have? I'm working to get a bit more cash today and should have an answer for you in a couple of hours

  40. Message 040 From REvil Actor / other Date

    wait for answer

  41. Message 041 From REvil Actor / other Date

    proof 3

  42. Message 042 From Victim Victim Date

    Thanks

  43. Message 043 From Victim Victim Date

    I don't know where you are in the world, but Alaska relies heavily on tourism for revenue. With 2020/COVID, no travel to Alaska was permitted, so we lost ~30% of sales revenue from this. No one was buying our product, even through the summer months (which is usually high time for tourists). Without these tourists, we really struggled to make ends meet. I'm making slow progress to get extra cash, the most I have right now is $12,825

  44. Message 044 From REvil Actor / other Date

    not interested

  45. Message 045 From REvil Actor / other Date

    make a really interested offer for my boss

  46. Message 046 From Victim Victim Date

    We'll never have $90k, please help me out on this. What I'm offering is a lot for a small business owner like myself, I don't have the kind of cash flow like other years. Talk to your boss for me please

  47. Message 047 From REvil Actor / other Date

    my boss can offer 20% discount

  48. Message 048 From REvil Actor / other Date

    hello, are you ready for dialogue?

  49. Message 049 From Victim Victim Date

    Sorry we had issues reaching your site over the weekend but I'm here

  50. Message 050 From Victim Victim Date

    20% discount off the $90,000? So this would be $72,000?

  51. Message 051 From REvil Actor / other Date

    yes

  52. Message 052 From Victim Victim Date

    I only have about $13,000 right now

  53. Message 053 From REvil Actor / other Date

    then you need to collect money

  54. Message 054 From Victim Victim Date

    I don't think I can ever get 70k, that's more than I make in a year

  55. Message 055 From Victim Victim Date

    Any chance you can wait for next week and I should have a bit more?

  56. Message 056 From REvil Actor / other Date

    You ask for too much time

  57. Message 057 From Victim Victim Date

    I don't have $70k

  58. Message 058 From Victim Victim Date

    Can you wait for Friday then?

  59. Message 059 From REvil Actor / other Date

    friday its last day for you

  60. Message 060 From REvil Actor / other Date

    hello, are you ready to pay?

  61. Message 061 From Victim Victim Date

    Hi, I don't have the entire amount, it's really not something I can easily get. Today I have $15,300

  62. Message 062 From Victim Victim Date

    Can we agree to that?

  63. Message 063 From REvil Actor / other Date

    wait for answer

  64. Message 064 From REvil Actor / other Date

    ok

  65. Message 065 From Victim Victim Date

    You agree to this?

  66. Message 066 From REvil Actor / other Date

    yes

  67. Message 067 From Victim Victim Date

    Okay I can do it on Monday thanks