Kaseya gets master decryption key after July 4 global attack

A file photo of a sign that reads: ‘Coop Forum supermarket in Vastberga is closed due to IT disturbances, no prognosis as to when we will open again’, in Stockholm, Sweden. The Florida company whose software was exploited in the devastating Fourth of July weekend ransomware attack, Kaseya, has received a universal key that will decrypt all of the more than 1,000 businesses and public organisations crippled in the global incident. — TT via AP

BOSTON: The Florida company whose software was exploited in the devastating Fourth of July weekend ransomware attack, Kaseya, has received a universal key that will decrypt all of the more than 1,000 businesses and public organisations crippled in the global incident.

Kaseya spokeswoman Dana Liedholm would not say on July 22 how the key was obtained or whether a ransom was paid. She said only that it came from a “trusted third party” and that Kaseya was distributing it to all victims. The cybersecurity firm Emsisoft confirmed that the key worked and was providing support.