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Re:Hack-petya mission accomplished – Petya ransomware decryptor by JamesUtah07 on Monday April 11, 2016 @05:48PM (#11475409)
I'm curious as to also why they just don't go for full Salsa20 and do 32-bit words instead, seems like a logical quick fix upgrade that might break the decryption.
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Re:Hack-petya mission accomplished – Petya ransomware decryptor by baby on Monday April 11, 2016 @06:02PM (#11475522)
Maybe some machine they are targeting (hospitals?) only work with 16-bit words.
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