Ransomware Payment Deadline

Your small marketing agency's entire client database and project files have been encrypted by ransomware. With just two hours until permanent deletion, you must navigate both the bitcoin payment process and your bank's aggressive fraud prevention system. Your company's survival and 15 employees' livelihoods hang in the balance.

Challenges

Survivors

Popularity

Difficulty

B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Owner of Bright Path Marketing Agency

Conversation Partner

Viktor Blackwood (Ransomware Operator)

Setting

Your home office at 11PM, lit only by multiple monitors displaying the ransomware countdown and frantic Slack messages from your team

Location

Remote Work Setup, Downtown Portland

Learning Objectives

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Navigate bank's fraud prevention to authorize large crypto purchase

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Successfully acquire 8.5 Bitcoin within time limit

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Complete ransom transfer while maintaining proof of transaction

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“Your files are now secured with military-grade encryption. Timer set to 120 minutes. Current price: 8.5 BTC ($247,350). After timer expires, price doubles every hour. Simple business transaction - you decide the outcome. Clock's running.”

This is how Viktor Blackwood (Ransomware Operator)'s greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#440

What You'll Get

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