The developer behind the original Petya ransomware has provided a tool to help minimize the damage inflicted on infected PCs. It is in the form of a master decryption key to release the files held ...

The key to decrypt the original Petya ransomware has been reportedly released by the ransomware’s author. The master key to the original version of the Petya ransomware – not to be confused with the ...

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 ...

The original developer of the Petya ransomware has released a master decryption key that works for all prevision versions of its enciphering creation. On 5 July, a person or group by the name “Janus ...

Anonymous hackers have put out an announcement that they have a decryption key that can save any computer hit by Petya or NotPetya, and they want 100 bitcoin for it, or approximately $250,000.

Petya ransomware developers leak competitor Chimera’s decryption keys in an attempt to drive new business to a new Petya and Mischa offering. There is no honor among thieves, as the saying goes, and ...

The Petya ransomware lock screen warned that your hard drive was encrypted with military grade encryption and the only way to unlock it was to cough up the bitcoins to purchase a password decryption ...

Here's something you don't see too often: a ransomware creator unearthing the master decryption key for public consumption. That's exactly what we're seeing from Petya's original developer, allowing ...

Internet users who have fallen victims to the aggressive Petya ransomware attacks over the past year are in luck. There is now a free tool that will allow them to decrypt their files if they hang onto ...

A researcher has developed a tool that allows victims infected with the Petya ransomware to unlock their files for free – at least for the time being. The researcher, who operates the Twitter handle ...

Tuesday’s massive outbreak of malware that shut down computers around the world has been almost universally blamed on ransomware, which by definition seeks to make money by unlocking data held hostage ...

The developer behind the original Petya ransomware has provided a tool to help minimize the damage inflicted on infected PCs. It is in the form of a master decryption key to release the files held ...