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July 22, 2021 4:45 PM
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July 22, 2021 9:42 PM
The Florida company whose software was exploited in the devastating Fourth of July weekend ransomware attack, Kaseya, has received a universal key that will decrypt all of the more than 1,000 businesses and public organizations crippled in the global incident.
Kaseya spokeswoman Dana Liedholm would not say Thursday how the key was obtained or whether a ransom was paid. She said only that it came from a “trusted third party” and that Kaseya was distributing it to all victims. The cybersecurity firm Emsisoft confirmed that the key worked and was providing support.
Ransomware analysts offered multiple possible explanations for why the master key, which can unlock the scrambled data of all the attack’s victims, has now appeared. They include: Kaseya paid; a government paid; a number of victims pooled funds; the Kremlin seized the key from the criminals and handed it over through intermediaries or perhaps t
Kaseya gets master decryption key after July 4 global attack
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Tech firm hit by giant ransomware hack gets key to unlock victimsâ data
Kaseyaâs universal key can free the files of hundreds of organizations, ending the worst of the attackâs fallout
Kaseya, a Florida-based IT management provider, suffered a supply-chain attack considered the worst ransomware attack to date. Photograph: Omar Marques/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock
Kaseya, a Florida-based IT management provider, suffered a supply-chain attack considered the worst ransomware attack to date. Photograph: Omar Marques/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock
Thu 22 Jul 2021 19.47 EDT
The software company at the center of a huge ransomware attack this month has obtained a universal key to unlock files of the hundreds of businesses and public organizations crippled by the hack.