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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by giis on Monday May 15, 2017 @03:04PM (#14344192)
Did they actually decrypted the files after getting money from victims?

It would be interesting, if some white-hat security researcher, pays the $300 money and gets the solution (reverse engineering) . Make its available for free to everyone :)

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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by leggomylibro on Monday May 15, 2017 @03:21PM (#14344334)
As much as parts of the worm do look kind of amateur-ish, it's probably still a stretch to assume that they used the same encryption key for every infection.
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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by outworlder on Monday May 15, 2017 @03:10PM (#14344236)
Crypto doesn't work like that.
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Re:Global ‘Wana’ Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators $26... by Cyph0n on Monday May 15, 2017 @03:14PM (#14344275)
It depends on the implementation. Even so, it's always easier for the authors to patch the malware than it is for researchers to reverse it.
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