Security News > 2017 > May > WannaCry Ransomware Decryption Tool Released to Unlock Files Without Paying Ransom (The Hackers News)
2017-05-19 01:08
If your PC has been infected by WannaCry – the ransomware that wreaked havoc across the world last Friday – you might be lucky to get your locked files back without paying the ransom of $300 to the cyber criminals. Adrien Guinet, a French security researcher from Quarkslab, has discovered a way to retrieve the secret encryption keys used by the WannaCry ransomware for free, which works on
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