On Thu, Aug 07, 2014 at 04:19:55AM +0000, Michael Havens wrote: > Someone said a friend got ransomware on their computer? > > Through a partnership that included researchers from FOX-IT and FireEye, > researchers managed to recover the private encryption keys that > CryptoLocker uses to lock victims' personal computer files until they pay a > $300 ransom. They also reverse engineered the binary code at the heart of > the malicious program. The result: a website that allows victims to recover > the key for their individual content Why would they need email addresses? Also, businesses attacked by this malware would probably be reluctant to send their encrypted files. -- Bob Holtzman Giant intergalactic brain-sucking hyperbacteria came to Earth to rape our women and create a race of mindless zombies. Look! It's working!