According to CryptoPotato, well-known global institutions have marked an emerging ransomware gang Akira, which is estimated to have been established for only one year and has carried out large-scale cyber intrusions around the world, attacking more than 250 institutions and demanding nearly $42 million in ransom. According to the investigation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Akira has been active in enterprises and critical infrastructure in North America, Europe and Australia since March 2023. Initially, Akira mainly targeted Windows systems, but as the FBI discovered its Linux variant, Akira's threat range expanded. In response to this growing threat, the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Europol's European Cybercrime Center (EC3) and the National Cybersecurity Center of the Netherlands (NCSC-NL) jointly issued a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to raise awareness of the risks that Akira may bring in the future and take measures to mitigate these risks. Akira recently targeted Nissan Oceania and Stanford University in ransomware attacks. Nissan Oceania reported a data breach affecting 100,000 people in March, and Stanford University disclosed a security issue affecting 27,000 people last month, both of which were linked to Akira.