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Author of Original Petya Ransomware Publishes Master Decryption Key (bleepingcomputer.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The author of the original Petya ransomware -- a person/group going by the name of Janus Cybercrime Solutions -- has released the master decryption key of all past Petya versions. This key can decrypt all ransomware families part of the Petya family except NotPetya, which isn't the work of Janus, but is believed to be the work of a nation-state actor that targeted Ukraine. Most (original) Petya campaigns happened in 2016, and very few campaigns have been active this year. Users that had their files locked have wiped drives or paid the ransom many months before. The key will only help those victims who cloned their drives and saved a copy of the encrypted data. Experts believe that Janus released Petya's decryption key as a result of the recent NotPetya outbreak, and he might have decided to shut down his operation to avoid further scrutiny, or being accused of launching NotPetya.
Are you kidding me? White men did what? They killed the Indians, killed their bisons (their food) to force them to move to somewhere else, they confiscated their land, and now they 'built America'? The bloody arrogance...
And now we're correcting your spelling! Bison would be the correct plural spelling. Just give us 10 more minutes and we'll come back more arrogant than before, don't worry! We're here to serve!
he author of the original Petya ransomware -- a person/group going by the name of Janus Cybercrime Solutions ...
Seems they're more a part of the "problems" than "solutions".
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .