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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.
"CNN is fake news"
It's Trump's wrestling that was fake.
Any machines infected with Petya have either already paid the ransom, or have been wiped and restored from backup. Even if someone *DID* clone the infected/encrypted drive, the files on it will be over 6 months old. Surely, the users of those machines have gotten around all this time without those files.
again, the average intelligence of the "general public" to actually pay the ransom.
Would I hire a person with morals so unquestionably bankrupt that he would willingly and deliberately fuck over as much of society as he could for his own personal gain?
No.
Your third clause does not follow from the first two. It has to be "Americans built America". Your silly version implies that you think only white men are Americans.
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!
The civilization that you see exist now as America was unquestionably mostly built by white men. White men conceived it, white men planned it, and white men built it by their sweat and blood. The fact that the land used to belong to someone else doesn't change this.
If video games influenced behavior the Pac Man generation would be eating pills and running away from their problems.
You know malware is truly mainstream when you have to wait for July sales before you purchase anything just like every other product.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
"I haven't read it yet"
This is proof right here. Creimer finds books on Amazon that match the topics in the posts, then spams an affiliate link.
This guy is a fraud, and I am glad people are seeing it now by down modding him when he post blatant spam.
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. . . .
But we will elect that person President!
Only crack the nuts that crack. You don't put the ones that don't crack in the sack.