Number: IRCNE2015102674
Date: 2015/10/25
According to “computerworlduk”, if your computer was infected with the CoinVault or Bitcryptor ransomware programs you're in luck -- at least compared to other ransomware victims. Chances are high that you can now recover your encrypted files for free, if you still have them.
Researchers from Kaspersky Lab and the Dutch Public Prosecution Service have obtained the last set of encryption keys from command-and-control servers that were used by CoinVault and Bitcryptor, two related ransomware threats.
Those keys have been uploaded to Kaspersky's ransomware decryptor service that was originally set up in April with a set of around 750 keys recovered from servers hosted in the Netherlands.
The CoinVault file-encrypting ransomware program was first documented by Kaspersky researchers in November 2014. Then in April the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) of the Dutch police recovered some decryption keys from a seized CoinVault server.
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