The developer behind the original Petya ransomware has provided a tool to help minimize the damage inflicted on infected PCs. It is in the form of a master decryption key to release the files held ...

The key to decrypt the original Petya ransomware has been reportedly released by the ransomware’s author. The master key to the original version of the Petya ransomware – not to be confused with the ...

The original developer of the Petya ransomware has released a master decryption key that works for all prevision versions of its enciphering creation. On 5 July, a person or group by the name “Janus ...

Anonymous hackers have put out an announcement that they have a decryption key that can save any computer hit by Petya or NotPetya, and they want 100 bitcoin for it, or approximately $250,000.

Here's something you don't see too often: a ransomware creator unearthing the master decryption key for public consumption. That's exactly what we're seeing from Petya's original developer, allowing ...

Petya ransomware developers leak competitor Chimera’s decryption keys in an attempt to drive new business to a new Petya and Mischa offering. There is no honor among thieves, as the saying goes, and ...

Security experts are warning that a newly revealed hack designed to let victims of the Petya ransomware decrypt their files again, might not be useful for too much longer. An unnamed researcher posted ...

A researcher has developed a tool that allows victims infected with the Petya ransomware to unlock their files for free – at least for the time being. The researcher, who operates the Twitter handle ...

The perpetrators of the worldwide cyberattack attack “Petya” — which infected computer systems in more than 60 countries June 27 — have reportedly issued a new ransom demand targeting all individuals ...

Security experts have devised a method that allows users to recover data from computers infected with the Petya ransomware program without paying money to cybercriminals. Petya appeared on researchers ...

Internet users who have fallen victims to the aggressive Petya ransomware attacks over the past year are in luck. There is now a free tool that will allow them to decrypt their files if they hang onto ...

The developer behind the original Petya ransomware has provided a tool to help minimize the damage inflicted on infected PCs. It is in the form of a master decryption key to release the files held ...