Kaspersky Releases Free Decryption Keys for All CoinVault and Bitcryptor Ransomware

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Kaspersky Releases Free Decryption Keys for All CoinVault and Bitcryptor Ransomware Victims

CoinVault victims can finally decrypt their files

Kaspersky Lab has published an additional 14,031 decryption keys that can be used to unlock personal files encrypted by the CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware.

Cyber-security vendors first observed CoinVault attacks in May 2014. Since then, this aggressive ransomware that heavily encrypts data files on infected computers has made over 1,500 victims in more than 108 countries.

As Kaspersky and other antivirus companies upgraded their detection tools, CoinVault's authors have also slowly updated their code, releasing Bitcryptor, as a second-generation CoinVault version.

Their campaigns, even if quite successful, have not managed to keep them safe from law enforcement agencies. Back in September, after a joint investigation between Kaspersky Lab, Panda Labs, and the Dutch Police, CoinVault's authors, two men from Amersfoort, Holland, were arrested by local law enforcement agencies.

Kaspersky Releases Free Decryption Keys for All CoinVault and Bitcryptor Ransomware Victims - Softpedia