FBI, Europol si Romanian police they collaborated with the well-known company Bitdefender to develop a decryptor for one of the most dangerous ransomware of the moment GrandCrab. Those from Bitdefender are recognized internationally for the antivirus programs they have developed, and the collaboration with the FBI, Europol and the Romanian Police to launch this decryptor for GrandCrab is one of the achievements of the moment, both locally and internationally .
GrandCrab is a ransomware that blocks files from users' computers through an encryption system, and demands money for decryption, and the collaboration with the FBI, Europol and the Romanian Police led to the creation of software for decryption. Bitdefender offers for free this solution for decrypting data encrypted with GrandCrab for any affected person, and with the help of the FBI, Europol and the Romanian Police, the solution could even reach people who have asked for help from the authorities.
FBI, Europol and Romanian Police Worked with Bitdefender on a GrandCrab Decryptor
The FBI, Europol and the Romanian Police certainly received a lot of reports regarding GrandCrab and the problems this ransomware generated, Bitdefender managing to analyze the ransomware and create this decryption software. Bitdefender developed a similar decryptor for the first version of GrandCrab, but the ransomware was modified, and would have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in 2018, but now it can be combated more easily with this new decryptor.
"The release of this decryptor is a revolutionary discovery that shows how effective the collaboration between cyber security companies and law enforcement institutions is. We have spent months working on this tool and dedicated considerable infrastructure to make it possible: victims are now given back access to their digital lives at no cost.”
The FBI, Europol and the Romanian Police most likely did not track down those who created GrandCrab, but the association of the decryptor with these institutions is intended to give people the certainty that they benefit from a software they can trust. Bitdefender allows you to download this decryptor for GrandCrab from this page, and it's good to have it available, even if you haven't been infected yet, but of course on several computers, because you don't know which one gets infected.
