A few weeks back we reported on the launch of a free tool to help out CryptoLocker victimsallowing them to retrieve locked files.
One of the companies behind the DecryptCryptoLocker tool, Fox-IT, has released some details of how well it's working. It has so far dealt with 2,900 requests for decryption keys and dozens more are being received on a daily basis.
Decryption requests have come in from around the world with most being from the US with 1,933 and the UK with 546. The most common file type being decrypted is PDF closely followed by .doc files.
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DecryptCryptoLocker helps almost 3,000 victims
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