Free Decryptor Released for BitLocker-Based ShrinkLocker Ransomware Victims

Romanian cybersecurity company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor to help victims recover data encrypted using the ShrinkLocker ransomware.

The decryptor is the result of a comprehensive analysis of ShrinkLocker's inner workings, allowing the researchers to discover a "specific window of opportunity for data recovery immediately after the removal of protectors from BitLocker-encrypted disks."

ShrinkLocker was first documented in May 2024 by Kaspersky, which found the malware's use of Microsoft's native BitLocker utility for encrypting files as part of extortion attacks targeting Mexico, Indonesia, and Jordan.

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The Hackers News: https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/free-decryptor-released-for-bitlocker.html

Bleeping Computer:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-shrinklocker-ransomware-decryptor-recovers-bitlocker-password/

Hackread:
https://hackread.com/bitdefender-shrinklocker-ransomware-decryptor-tool/

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