Unfortunately, looks like the ransomware site suffered some data loss, and doesn't have the victim's key to give back! I guess they weren't planning on returning the victims' files, even if they paid up.
There's one last shred of hope: your cryptanalysis skills. We've given you one of the encrypted files from the victim's system, which contains an important message. Find the encryption key, and recover the message.
Enter the value recovered from the file
- provided/
- important_data.pdf.enc - Encrypted file recovered from the victim's system
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Congratulations! You've completed the 2022 Codebreaker Challenge!