// Ransomware Negotiation Transcript
Conti Ransomware Negotiation — Redacted Organisation
// Context
About This Negotiation
This transcript documents a Conti ransomware negotiation with a redacted victim organisation. The negotiation consisted of 25 messages exchanged.
The initial ransom demand was $350.00. The negotiation resulted in a confirmed payment.
// Primary Source
Full Transcript — Verbatim
Reproduced from Casualtek's Ransomchats archive. URLs have been redacted.
Victim names are shown only where the breach was publicly reported in mainstream media. Any organisation wishing their name redacted can contact us at enquiries@binary-response.com — we will act promptly.
Hello, are you ready to negotiate?
Yes
How much?
c7.pdf.[redacted] [ 46kB ]
I think no ones here
Give me the price please?
ok
please wait answer
As you already know - your network and all of your data were encrypted by CONTI team. Besides the encryption process we've downloaded a large pack of your internal documents and files that will be published in case our negotiations fail. How it happens can be seen on our website
The recovery price is $350.000. If you want to make sure we can recover all of your data - you can send us the two files of your choice and we will decrypt them free of charge.
If we reach mutual agreement your will be provided with decryption tool, none of your internal data will be published and you will be provided with security tips on how to avoid further breaches.
We strongly recommend to review our offer in a timely manner.
You can choose any 2 files from the listing, we will discard them as proof that the files were really stolen
You can also send 2 files for a free decrypt
Upon conclusion of the agreement, our price includes
1) Universal decryptor for your network
2) Permanently delete all stolen information + logs of removing
3) Security advisories and report how we infiltrated your system
30percentlisting.txt.txt [ 1.2MB ]
datapack.zip [ 30MB ]
How quickly do you want to conclude an agreement?
350$, how many BTC?
10.68 BTC
How quickly do you want to conclude an agreement?
1 month
Discount please?
I can talk to the boss about the 20% discount if you are willing to enter into an agreement within 72 hours
c7.pdf [ 45kB ]
The 20% discount was confirmed. So we are at the point of $280k
let me know when you're ready to pay and we will provide the btc wallet
If we will not receive a reply from your side today we shall consider as you are not willing to continue the negotiations and start further actions against you.
we are ready to publish first data
Silence will kill your business
It is much more profitable to conclude an agreement with us
We have not entered into an agreement.
Let's discuss new conditions?
Are you ready to continue the dialogue?
// Analysis
Analyst Observations
- The final settlement represented a 20% reduction from the initial demand — a moderate reduction.
- Conti was a major ransomware operation that effectively shut down in May 2022 after internal chat logs were leaked. Members dispersed to other groups including Royal, BlackBasta, and Karakurt.