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Good news!


ONLY FOR THOSE INFECTED WITH 'CRYPTODEFENSE' MALWARE.

I've found a weakness in the malware samples which would allow me to regenerate the private key! . Now it'd be possible to recover files without paying the crooks a penny (though it's not as easy as it sounds). I won't comment any further as I don't want to alert the cyber-crooks.

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  1. AnonymousMarch 21, 2014 at 1:20 PM

    Hello, I am a security researcher as well and I think it's totally true. How do I get in touch with you?

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