Ziggy ransomware shuts down and releases victims’ decryption keys
February 7, 2021 – 1:12 PMThe Ziggy ransomware operation has shut down and released the victims’ decryption keys after concerns about recent law enforcement activity and guilt for encrypting victims.
Over the weekend, security researcher M. Shahpasandi told BleepingComputer that the Ziggy Ransomware admin announced on Telegram that they were shutting down their operation and would be releasing all of the decryption keys.
In an interview with BleepingComputer, the ransomware admin said they created the ransomware to generate money as they live in a “third-world country.”
After feeling guilty about their actions and concerns over recent law enforcement operations against Emotet and Netwalker ransomware, the admin decided to shut down and release all of the keys.
Today, the Ziggy ransomware admin posted a SQL file containing 922 decryption keys for encrypted victims. For each victim, the SQL file lists three keys needed to decrypt their encrypted files.
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