// Context
About This Negotiation
This transcript documents a lockbit3.0 ransomware negotiation with a redacted victim organisation.
The negotiation consisted of 4 messages exchanged over 1 day, beginning on 2025-03-20.
The initial demand is not clearly stated in the transcript. The final outcome is not confirmed in the transcript.
// 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.
[lockbit3.0] — 2025-03-20 15:10:29 — Message 1/4
You can attach a few files for test decryption by packing them into an archive with zip, rar, tar, 7zip, 7z, tar.gz extensions of no more than 10 megabytes using the attach button directly in the chat.\r\n\r\nIf your archive weighs more than 10 megabytes, please use our file sharing service.\r\n[REDACTED URL] security reasons we do not click on other links you send in chat.\r\nPlease wait for a reply, sometimes it takes several hours due to possible time zone differences.
[Victim] — 2025-03-20 15:15:41 — Message 2/4
Hello\n
[lockbit3.0] — 2025-03-20 15:15:52 — Message 3/4
Hey!
[lockbit3.0] — 2025-03-20 15:17:07 — Message 4/4
LockBit & HellCat Encrypted your network, You 39 Day to negotiate