TeslaCrypt closes down...Releases master decryption key

Published: 2016-05-19
Last Updated: 2016-05-19 20:12:12 UTC
by Rick Wanner (Version: 2)
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In a surprising move...The TeslaCrypt ransomware developers have have stopped distributing TeslaCrypt and released their master decryption key to the public.  Various TeslaCrypt decryptor tools have been updated to include this key permitting anyone who gets compromised with TeslaCrypt a way of decrypting their data without paying the ransom.

Further information can be found in the ESET blog post.

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Please consider changing "EMET" to "ESET"
Oops! Fixed.
I first read about this in another article:
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/05/19/end-of-teslacrypt/

They also linked a very interesting previous article of theirs:
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/04/12/id-ransomware/

I haven't tried it myself but if it is what it says it is it might merit its own blog post.

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