Petya has grown worldwide over the past week and has affected many organizations and companies as well as ordinary people. The makers of the malware were still silent, but now, after the cybercrime strikes, they announced in their first statement that the key to eliminating the malware is $ 250,000.
Petya's developers have posted their message on the DeepPaste service. DeepPaste is an online discussion forum that can only be accessed through a tor network. The Patya team has requested 100 btc in the message to provide the private key to remove this malware. Given the current rate of the cryptocurrency, individuals and companies that have been infected with Petya must pay $ 250,000 to get rid of the malware.
The text of the message was signed with Petya's private key, which means the message was actually published by the creators of this ransomware. The private key discussed allows the unlocking and decryption of different files. However, as the patch virus eliminates a certain number of boot-level boot files, there is no way to fully recover systems infected with this malware.
So far, there are no signs of confirming that companies or people whose systems have been infected have accepted this offer from the Petya team. In addition, no specific transaction has been seen in Bitcoin. Given the bitcoin value, if a person or company wants to move $ 250,000 to use this unit, we will certainly be aware of this.