Security News > 2022 > February > Decryptor Keys Published for Maze, Egregor, Sekhmet Ransomwares

The shackles have been broken for victims of Maze/Egregor/Sekhmet ransomware: On Wednesday, decryption keys were released for all three ransomware strains in a BleepingComputer forum post.

Translation: Maze team members are purportedly never going back to ransomware, and they've destroyed all of their ransomware source code.

In the post, Topleak included a zip file containing decryption keys for the ransomware, along with some of the Maze gang's malware source code.

The keys aren't necessary, though: After confirming that the decryption keys are legitimate, Emsisoft released a decryptor that will enable any Maze, Egregor and Sekhmet victims to recover their files for free.

In summer 2020, Maze formed a cybercrime cartel, joining forces with various ransomware strains, including Egregor, to share code, ideas and resources.

For its part, Appgate judged Egregor's code to be a spinoff of the Sekhmet ransomware - a link that was also noted by other researchers.

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