Security News > 2020 > March > PwndLocker: Free Decryptor Frees Crypto-Locked Data

Anti-virus firm Emsisoft on Friday announced that it's developed a free decryptor for PwndLocker ransomware.

There's a ransomware which we just call PwndLocker.

Last week, Bleeping Computer reported that PwndLocker appears to have surfaced in late 2019, and said the ransomware gang claimed credit for recently hitting Lasalle County in Illinois, demanding a ransom of 50 bitcoins, as well as the Serbian city of Novi Sad. It reports that the gang's ransom demands have ranged from $175,000 to more than $660,000.

For some strains of ransomware, for example, free decryptors are available.

In addition to those resources, ransomware incident response firm Coveware says: "If you submit a file example to us, we will have a look for free and let you know."

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