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A WannaCry Flaw Could Help Some Windows XP Victims Get Files Back

A WannaCry Flaw Could Help Some Windows XP Victims Get Files Back

A WannaCry Flaw Could Help Some Windows XP Victims Get Files Back

Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer

May 26, 20176m 45s

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Since the WannaCry ransomware ripped through the internet late last week, infecting hundreds of thousands of machines and locking up critical systems from healthcare to transportation, cryptographers have searched for a cure. Finding a flaw in WannaCry’s encryption scheme, after all, the could decrypt all those systems without any ransom. Now one French researcher says he’s foundat least a hint of a very limited remedy.

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