back to article And that's a wrap for Babuk Tortilla ransomware as free decryptor released

Security researchers have put out an updated decryptor for the Babuk ransomware family, providing a free solution for victims of the Tortilla variant. A collaboration between Cisco Talos, Avast, and the Netherlands police led to the development of the new decryptor and the arrest of the criminals behind the variant. According …

  1. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

    "the Amsterdam police force arrested the individual behind Babuk Tortilla, and the Dutch Public Prosecution Office prosecuted them, although neither institution has published information about the case"

    If they successfully prosecuted them they should be publicising the fact as a deterrent. Is it possible the sentence was a wrist-slap?

  2. MajorDoubt
    FAIL

    Don't tell how they did it

    It's not the best choice to tell how they cracked the encryption, it just helps the ransomware people better improve their product

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Boffin

    Babuk is distributed packed

    Babuk is distributed packed

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