[TeMPOraL]

> The free decryption service was made possible because Fox-IT was somehow able to recover the private keys...

Part of me is so hoping that they extracted those keys from the crooks using rubber-hose cryptanalysis. There are many types of Internet scams, some more evil than others, but this is one of the nastiest I ever heard of.

[praseodym]

They got a database copy:

BBC article: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28661463

Fox-IT CEO: https://twitter.com/cryptoron/status/496945787700805632

[seanp2k2]

Start another fund to bring back the head of everyone who released / maintains this. Who would you rather pay; crooks or vigilantes?