Victims of MortalKombat ransomware can now decrypt their locked files for free

Cybersecurity firm Bitdefender released a universal decryptor for the MortalKombat ransomware – a strain first observed by threat researchers in January 2023.

The malware has been used on dozens of victims across the U.S., United Kingdom, Turkey and the Philippines, according to a recent report from Cisco. 

Bogdan Botezatu, director of threat research and reporting at Bitdefender, would not say how they obtained the decryption keys they used to create the tool and noted that they will only be …

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