At last! Someone have managed to crack the Petya Ransomware's Encryption and is offering a tool for you to generate a key for FREE! And knowing that many if you were hit with this, and having to resort to your last good backup (where it could be a day or a week out of date), this is your chance to get your whole data back!
Basically, in a nutshell...
* Remove affected HDD to another PC (or HDD docking)
* Run the Petya Sector Extractor tool to get the 512 byte data - http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/fabian-wosar/PetyaExtractor.zip
* Go to https://petya-pay-no-ransom.herokuapp.com and enter the details that you got from the tool above.
* It will generate the key for you to enter on your infected PC
* Put the HDD back in your computer and boot it up and wait for it to reach the Petya Ransomware lock screen - enter the key.
* Once entered, it will begin decrypting the HDD
* Your data is back! \o/
If you prefer to follow the guides with further details, you can do so at http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/petya-ransomwares-encryption-defeated-and-password-generator-released/
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