topic Novel trick by Dutch National Police recovered 155 DeadBolt decryption keys in Tech Talk https://community.isc2.org/t5/Tech-Talk/Novel-trick-by-Dutch-National-Police-recovered-155-DeadBolt/m-p/54252#M3685 <P><A href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-tricks-deadbolt-ransomware-out-of-155-decryption-keys/" target="_blank">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-tricks-deadbolt-ransomware-out-of-155-decryption-keys/</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Dutch police with&nbsp;<SPAN>Responders.NU "exploited" the time gap between the decryption key is released and the transaction is confirmed on chain. By initiating a low fee transaction at peak hours, they maximized the chance of success as well as number of key that can be recovered - since the ransomeware gang once aware of this "vulnerability" of their own scheme (within several minutes) the trick is done for.</SPAN></P> Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:14:01 GMT Nobody 2022-10-17T09:14:01Z Novel trick by Dutch National Police recovered 155 DeadBolt decryption keys https://community.isc2.org/t5/Tech-Talk/Novel-trick-by-Dutch-National-Police-recovered-155-DeadBolt/m-p/54252#M3685 <P><A href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-tricks-deadbolt-ransomware-out-of-155-decryption-keys/" target="_blank">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-tricks-deadbolt-ransomware-out-of-155-decryption-keys/</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Dutch police with&nbsp;<SPAN>Responders.NU "exploited" the time gap between the decryption key is released and the transaction is confirmed on chain. By initiating a low fee transaction at peak hours, they maximized the chance of success as well as number of key that can be recovered - since the ransomeware gang once aware of this "vulnerability" of their own scheme (within several minutes) the trick is done for.</SPAN></P> Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:14:01 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Tech-Talk/Novel-trick-by-Dutch-National-Police-recovered-155-DeadBolt/m-p/54252#M3685 Nobody 2022-10-17T09:14:01Z