French team finds way to unlock computers infected with WannaCry virus

[Becky]

The WannaCry virus has infected an estimated 300,000 computers across the globe since 12th May, and affected users have their data held to ransom. Thankfully it seems that a French team have now found a way to unlock affected computers, just in the nick of time.

French researchers have found a way to save Windows files encrypted by the WannaCry virus, racing against a deadline as the ransomware threatens to start locking up victims' computers first infected a week ago.

But the researchers said their solution would only work in certain conditions, namely if computers had not been rebooted since becoming infected and if victims applied the fix before WannaCry carried out its threat to lock their files permanently.

Read more here.

 

[nivrip]

How much are they charging to do the unlocking?

 

[TriplexDread]

Was thinking that myself Niv lol