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Kaspersky has published a new version of a decryption tool that helps victims of a ransomware modification based on Conti source code. Conti is a ransomware gang that has dominated the cybercrime scene since 2019, and whose data, including the source code, was leaked in March 2022 following an internal conflict caused by the geopolitical crisis in Europe. The discovered modification was distributed by an unknown ransomware group and has been used against companies and state institutions. In late February 2023, Kaspersky experts uncovered a new portion of leaked data published on forums. After analysing the data, which contained 258 private keys, the source code and some pre-compiled decryptors, Kaspersky released a new version of the public decryptor to help victims of this modification of Conti ransomware.

Kaspersky releases tool fordecrypting ransomware - Gadget

Source code leaked last month by infighting members of the Conti gang was used to build the antidote to their attacks.

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