On: Ransomware Decryptor

[ikeboy]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2909292/files-encrypted-by-co...

>The National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) of the Dutch police recently obtained a database from a CoinVault command-and-control server containing decryption keys, the Dutch police said in a news release. The information obtained from that database allowed Kaspersky to build a decryption tool.

[hnarn → ikeboy]

>a CoinVault command-and-control server

So, is there anything stopping them from setting up new servers with new keys and starting the goose chase all over again?

[ikeboy → hnarn]

No. In fact, this already happened before, see https://www.decryptcryptolocker.com/.

It helps some people already infected.