Kaseya Obtains REvil Decryptor, Starts Customer Data Recovery Operations

Remote management software vendor Kaseya said this week it had obtained a universal decryptor for the REvil ransomware and is now in the process of helping customers recover their encrypted data following a major ransomware attack that targeted its on-premises VSA servers on July 2 this year. From a report: In a phone call today, a Kaseya spokesperson told The Record it obtained the decrypter from a 'trusted third-party,' but declined to elaborate further, for the moment. The company said it obtained the decryptor yesterday, verified that the decryption tool worked properly, and has begun shipping it to affected customers earlier today. In an update on July 6, the Kaseya CEO said that around 60 of its direct customers, users of VSA servers, were impacted in the July 2 attack. Hackers used a zero-day to gain access to Kaseya VSA on-premise servers and then pivoted to workstations managed through the VSA software, deploying a version of the REvil ransomware on those systems and encrypting their files.

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