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Re:Hack-petya mission accomplished – Petya ransomware decryptor by nightcracker on Monday April 11, 2016 @07:14PM (#11475907)
Even ChaCha8 (similar to Salsa8) so far is infeasible. The problem is that the randomware used a modified Salsa algorithm that uses 16-bit words instead of 32-bit words. This demolishes the algorithm, and is not a standard modification.
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