There's a ransom-free fix for WannaCry‬pt. Oh snap, you've rebooted your XP box

By John Leyden

Windows XP PCs infected by WannaCrypt can be decrypted without paying ransom by using a new utility dubbed Wannakey.

Wannakey offers in-memory key recovery for Win XP machines infected by the infamous ransomware strain. The fix can be used to dump encryption keys from memory. This RSA private key, once recovered, can be used to restore encrypted files on infected computers.

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Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/

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