Can Zepto ransomware encrypted data be recovered or repaired?
The Zepto Ransomware, a variant of the Locky Ransomware, has been causing all sorts of havoc. The question is, “Can Zepto ransomware encrypted data be recovered or repaired?”
The short answer used to be no, as no known method (or technology) exists to decrypt, repair, or recover files encrypted by Zepto Ransomware without access to the decryption key.
Zepto employs an incredibly sophisticated 2048-bit encryption and a dynamic algorithm to encrypt the files, rendering decryption using a fixed pattern or algorithm impossible.
Before it encrypts the data, it also destroys any possible back doors, including shadow copy backups of the files, making recovery impossible. It also works through an encrypted connection and does not store a copy of the key on the local machine.
Earlier versions of the virus stored a copy that was deleted afterwards, making it possible to recover the key in some cases. The algorithm was also far less complicated, and shadow copies of the files could also be recovered in many cases.
These guys obviously read the online solutions. They have now improved the malware and closed all backdoors, making it impossible to recover and/or decrypt the affected data.
There are, however, situations where we can be successful in recovering data affected by Zepto Ransomware.
