Victims of Ragnarok ransomware can decrypt their files for free

Ragnarok ransomware operators are ceasing their operations and released the master key that can allow their victims to decrypt files for free.

The Ragnarok ransomware group has been active since at least January 2020 and hit dozens of organizations worldwide.

The news was reported by Bleeping Computer that also noticed that ransomware operators have replaced all the victims on their leak site, leaving only the instruction on how to decrypt files along with a link to an archive containing the master key and the binaries for using it.

The Ragnarok gang is shutting down their operations and released the master key that can allow victims to decrypt their files for free.

Like other ransomware gangs, Ragnarok was implementing a double extortion model threatening to publish data stolen from the victims to force them into paying the ransom.

Experts from security firm Emsisoft confirmed that the decryptor released by the Ragnarok ransomware operators contains the master decryption key, they also announced that are working on decryptor that will be released very shortly.

Other ransomware gangs released the decryption key this year, some of them shut down operations other rebranded their operations. Below is the list of crews that released the decryption key:

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Pierluigi Paganini

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.