Akira’s name is widely believed to be from a 1988 anime movie with the same name The movie’s cyberpunk aesthetic is emulated by the ransom group on their leak site, as can be seen on the image below, courtesy of bleepingcomputer Additionally, the aesthetic is emulated by the operators on their data leak site
Akira ransomware made US$42m in ransoms before its first birthday
The ransomware developers likely based their name on the powerful entity within the anime movies, or from its related manga.
About akira the ransomware’s name likely comes from an 1988 anime movie with the same name (spoilers ahead)
