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Finding that flaw allowed Bitdefender to develop a free tool that could decrypt the ransomware–meaning victims could avoid paying millions of dollars in ransom to the hackers. — PolitiTweet.org

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On January 11, antivirus company Bitdefender said it was “happy to announce” a startling breakthrough. It had found a flaw in the ransomware that Darkside was using to freeze the computer networks of dozens of businesses in the US and Europe. https://t.co/0yPW090yIF — PolitiTweet.org

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But Bitdefender wasn’t the first to identify this flaw. Two other researchers, @fwosar and @demonslay335, had noticed it the month before and had begun discreetly looking for victims to help. (Key word: discreetly.) — PolitiTweet.org

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