Quote:REvil victims, your prayers have been answered: There’s a universal decryptor key waiting to free you.
 
Bitdefender is releasing a free, universal decryptor key to unlock data of victimized organizations that were encrypted by REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware attacks before the gang’s servers went belly-up on July 13.
 
The firm announced that it’s giving away the universal key on Thursday morning, mere days after REvil reared its slimy head again (though the underground considers it to probably be some mediocre, lower-tier REvil lackeys milking the name so as to pull an exit scam).
 
This is the real deal, Bitdefender said, not the letdown of last month, when REvil victim Kaseya got its hands on a master key. At that time, it was first thought that the key could unlock all of the REvil attacks that occurred at the same time as the Kaseya one. Unfortunately, it soon became clear to researchers that the decryptor was only for the files locked in the Kaseya attack.
 
Bitdefender, a Romania-based cybersecurity firm, didn’t share details on how it developed the key, beyond saying that it was created “in collaboration with a trusted law enforcement partner” and that it will help those entities that were attacked before parts of REvil’s infrastructure blinked off on July 13.
 
“​Please note this is an ongoing investigation and we can’t comment on details related to this case until authorized by the lead investigating law enforcement partner,” Bitdefender said in a press release. “Both parties believe it is important to release the universal decryptor before the investigation is completed to help as many victims as possible.”