{"id":57096,"date":"2017-05-22T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T17:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=57096"},"modified":"2017-05-22T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T17:44:14","slug":"wannacry-decryption-tool-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wannacry-decryption-tool-available\/","title":{"rendered":"WannaCry Decryption Tools Provide Limited Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>WannaCry Decryption Kes<\/h4>\n<p>Although a decryption key became available recently for WannaCry victims, the success rate is minimal. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2017\/05\/wannacry-ransomware-decryption-tool.html?m=1\">WannaKey<\/a>, is the free tool available to unlock files that were encrypted due to the global ransomware attack that hit on May 12, 2017. \u00a0However, this decryption tool is only successful if the computer has not been rebooted after being infected and the associated memory has not been 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