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TeMPOraL on Aug 7, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: New Site Recovers Files Locked by Cryptolocker Ran...

> The free decryption service was made possible because Fox-IT was somehow able to recover the private keys...

Part of me is so hoping that they extracted those keys from the crooks using rubber-hose cryptanalysis. There are many types of Internet scams, some more evil than others, but this is one of the nastiest I ever heard of.

praseodym on Aug 7, 2014 | [–]

They got a database copy:

BBC article: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28661463

Fox-IT CEO: https://twitter.com/cryptoron/status/496945787700805632

seanp2k2 on Aug 7, 2014 | [–]

Start another fund to bring back the head of everyone who released / maintains this. Who would you rather pay; crooks or vigilantes?

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