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Password Generator Tool Breaks Petya Ransomware Encryption (Threatpost)

2016-04-11 18:33

Researchers have cobbled together a decryption tool for victims of the Petya ransomware, allowing most users to generate keys in less than 10 seconds.

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http://threatpost.com/password-generator-tool-breaks-petya-ransomware-encryption/117315/

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