All,
An update, on Monday, the President's Homeland Security advisor announced that they are 'NOT AWARE OF ANY PAYMENTS THAT HAVE LED TO DATA RECOVERY.'
A video of it can be found here, around the 4 minute mark: https://www.c-span.org/video/?428528-3/washington-journal-catherine-lotriont...
73,
Lynwood KB3VWG
*Lastly, RULE No. 1
- under no circumstances pay a ransomware developer, and RULE No. 2 - if
you weren't prepared for that, remember Rule No. 1. There is still 0% guarantee that the developer will in fact provide you a key for the money spent, and in some jurisdictions, paying a criminal is a crime.*