On Thu, 19 May 2016 22:24:29 -0400, Virus Guy  wrote:

>Ransomware maker TeslaCrypt shuts down after releasing master key
>
>Ransomware makers TeslaCrypt have shut down after saying sorry for all
>the damage they caused.
>
>This move, which has allowed anti-ransomware researchers to create a
>fool-proof decryption app, TeslaDecoder. The ransomware would hunt down
>and encrypt video games on your Windows PC, something that I suspect
>upset quite a few gamers in the few years that the malware was active.
>
>The news means that many hard drives that were rendered useless by the
>malware are now available and almost every file can be accessed using
>the unlock system.
>
>“I cannot thank everyone enough. One customer of ours has all his
>holiday pictures and videos from back to 2008 encrypted,” said
>jwhitted24 “We saved the drive just incase this was decrypted.”
>
>TeslaCrypt's website was on the Tor network and now consists of a master
>key and an apology. Obviously the only real way to beat ransomware is to
>have regular backups but, barring that, this rare occurrence is the next
>best thing.
>
>http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/teslacrypt-shuts-down-and-releas
es-master-decryption-key/
>
>In surprising end to TeslaCrypt, the developers shut down their
>ransomware and released the master decryption key. Over the past few
>weeks, an analyst for ESET had noticed that the developers of TeslaCrypt
>have been slowly closing their doors, while their previous distributors
>have been switching over to distributing the CryptXXX ransomware.  
>
>When the ESET researcher realized what was happening, he took a shot in
>the dark and used the support chat on the Tesla payment site to ask if
>they would release the master TeslaCrypt decryption key. To his surprise
>and pleasure, they agreed to do so and posted it on their now defunct
>payment site.
>
>http://www.bleepstatic.com/images/news/ransomware/t/teslacrypt/teslacrypt-clos
ed/teslacrypt-closed.png
>
>Now that the decryption key has been made publicly available, this
>allowed TeslaCrypt expert BloodDolly to update TeslaDecoder to version
>1.0 so that it can decrypt version 3.0 and version 4.0 of TeslaCrypt
>encrypted files.  This means that anyone who has TeslasCrypt encrypted
>files with the .xxx, .ttt, .micro, .mp3, or encrypted files without an
>extension can now decrypt their files for free!
>
>How to use TeslaDecoder to decrypt Teslacrypt Encrypted Files
>
>With the release of the master decryption key for TeslaCrypt, victims
>can now download TeslaDecoder to decrypt files encrypted by TeslaCrypt. 
>Simply use the download link below and save TeslaDecoder to your
>desktop.
>
>http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/BloodDolly/TeslaDecoder.zip

Major Geeks has it, too.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/teslacrypt_releases_master_key.html

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