Wednesday, December 27, 2017

No More Ransom: a clearinghouse for removing ransomware without paying

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No More Ransom is a joint effort by Europol, the Dutch police, Kaspersky and McAfee to help people who've been compromised by ransomware get their data back without paying off criminals.

It's "a repository of keys and applications that can decrypt data locked by different types of ransomware." There's still ransomware out there it can't unlock, but it can get your data back from dozens of ransomware strains.

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https://boingboing.net/2017/12/27/danegeld-considered-harmful.html

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