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DarkSide ransomware decryptor recovers victims’ files for free

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Dissent

Sergiu Gatlan reports:

Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryptor for the DarkSide ransomware to allow victims to recover their files without paying a ransom.

DarkSide is a human-operated ransomware that has already earned millions in payouts since it started targeting enterprises in August 2020.

The operation has seen a spike in activity between October and December 2020 when the amount of DarkSide sample submissions on the ID-Ransomware platform more than quadrupled.

Read more on BleepingComputer.


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